Board Refines Potential Middle School List

At its Committee of the Whole meeting today, the Board of Education discussed transitioning several middle schools to the year-round calendar to provide additional classroom seats and provide calendar continuity for families.

The board reached consensus on placing North Garner Middle School --instead of East Garner Middle -- on the potential list of schools to be converted. They also removed International Baccalaureate Programme status from North Garner Middle, directing staff to come back with recommendations on how to best use existing resources at North Garner and East Garner.

After discussing the pros and cons of whether to convert Leesville Middle, the board decided to keep the school on the potential list and gather more feedback. The potential list of existing middle schools that could transition to the multi-track year-round calendar include: East Wake, Leesville, North Garner, Salem and Wakefield.

There will be a public hearing on the middle schools at 7 p.m., September 14 at Sanderson High School, and the public may also submit comments online until Thursday, September 14, at 5 p.m. At the Committee of the Whole meeting, Sept. 19, the board will discuss feedback from the hearing and online comments before taking a final vote.

In addition, the board reached consensus on making additional accommodations for teachers: If a teacher is on a traditional calendar and his/her child is at a converted school, the board agreed that the child would have priority for a traditional calendar seat and/or have priority for track assignment if the choice is to stay at the base school.

Posted by Kristin Flenniken at 05:02 PM on September 12, 2006 | Leave Feedback

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