Whats Gained and Lost As a Comprehensive High School Converts to Small Schools?
Enumclaw Adventure School, Enumclaw, WA Over the past five years, the Enumclaw School District restructured its 1600-student high school into seven small interest-based schools. Though most students and teachers support the change, the community has been less enthusiastic. A team of experienced student film-makers at Enumclaw Adventure School, one of the high school’s interest-based schools (with 146 students), are conducting interviews in and outside the school, asking the question, “Can an already thriving comprehensive high school effectively convert to a more successful small school design?” They hope their documentary film will reduce tension in the community, air concerns, and promote collaboration. Early Accomplishments: We have reserved Local Movie Theater to premier “Big to Small” as part of the EAS film festival on June 9th. Through the film festival we can have an outlet to show the documentary to the community that reinvention has affected. It will help educate the communit
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