Schools replace block schedule: ; At superintendent's request, six Kanawha high schools revert to more traditional format

Most of Kanawha County's high schools are preparing to alterstudents' daily routines as the shift away from block schedulingtakes effect.

When Superintendent Ron Duerring announced last year that blockscheduling would be eliminated, six of the county's eight publichigh schools were using that type of scheduling.

St. Albans High is going a step further by also switching to atrimester school year.

Six of the seven other high schools have been working on lesscomplex schedule changes. Capital High never veered from thetraditional eight-period day and will not change.

Duerring favors either a traditional or hybrid plan over a purelyblock …