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By TRACI SHURLEY ARLINGTON — High school teachers appealed to district trustees Thursday night, asking them not to cut their preparation time in half to save dollars. Last week, administrators told the board that the district could save up to $7.5 million a year by changing the high schools’ block scheduling model. Teachers would teach seven classes instead of six and would have 90 minutes of ... By ANDREA JARES ARLINGTON — The city has reached agreements to pay more than $6 million for 17 tracts of land in the path of the new Cowboys stadium, the city attorney said. Three tracts, with one owner, are the last that remain to be settled to make way for the $1 billion stadium, City Attorney Jay Doegey said. The dispute over those tracts is scheduled to go to trial next spring, he said. ... Arlington High School's new head wrestling coach is a former Olympian who said he has wrestled in at least 110 different countries. The Arlington School District hired Shaun Williams on Nov. 10, a week before the team's first practice of the season.