What are the middle school configurations being proposed?
A community based proposal calling for a 5-8 middle school model was researched by Administration. This concept would create K-4 elementary buildings and either four 5-8 middle schools or two 5-6 and two 7-8 middle schools. At the January 20th Board Dialogue, the Board directed Administration to remove the 5-6 and 7-8 building configuration from further consideration as it required additional transitions for students, especially at-risk and special education students, and has more transportation costs. The Board considered two grade configuration models. One configuration would be to maintain the current 6-8 model and consolidate students into three middle school buildings. The second configuration would be to implement the 5-8 model which would keep all four middle schools open but possibly close one or two elementary buildings. In either scenario, the Board recognized the need to redistrict. At its February 24th meeting, the Board voted to remove the 5-8 middle school model from furt
