Anyone remember the "Section" System?
I went to Clark on Bremen St. and as I recall, we were there when they made a major change. I think this was in 1971 or so.
Prior to that, you stayed in the same classroom all day long and had math, reading and spelling during one part of the day and science, social studies, art, etc in the second part of the day.
One January, we all came in they all of a sudden changed up everything. They separated classes into "Sections". I think there were two "sections" or classes per grade for grades 1-8 [[Clark was K-8) .
Depending on your section, you either had "homeroom" in the morning or the afternoon. Homeroom was where you learned math, reading, spelling. In the second part of the day [[morning or afternoon), you moved around from classroom to classroom taking things like science, art, social studies, "auditorium" and gym.
Does anyone know if this change was district-wide? I know we didn't have it at Clark till 1971.