A 1997 study of Florida high schools, commissioned by the Florida Educational Research Council, reveals that the block schedule is in place in as many as 200 Florida high schools. Few Florida high schools remain untouched by schedule revisions. Administrators, teachers, stu dents, and parents have been affected by the new scheduling strategy.
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