leadership in high schools

I  am in the continued process of planning for the new school year.  I am reviewing high school schedules and writing a proposal to support instruction and decrease student discipline.  Is there anyone out there who has incorporated schedules in pure regular ed and special ed, self-contained to reflect common times for instruction, integrated instruction of both student populations and the co-teaching model?  How is this being done in your school?  What have been the reactions of staff?

For special education programs incorporating both a self-contained model  and one integrated with general education, what supports have teachers needed?  What management plans are teachers using in their classrooms?  My office dilemma right now is that students have no recourse when in turmoil besides the counselors who might not always be available hence students walk to the offfice seeking me.  If I am in that’s great, if not my secretaries become quasi counselors/time-out folks.  I need a solution to office staff frustion, teacher dilemmas and program inefficieny.  Hence my blog and the proposal I am working on.