Why doesn’t the Board appoint a task force, like it did with the high schools, to reevaluate the whole middle school program?
The issues are different. The high school study was triggered by overcrowded conditions and included a program review that ultimately determined the scope of the high school construction project. The task force addressed only the program piece; it did not make recommendations regarding the facilities. The Hubble issue is based solely on the need to provide an appropriate facility and does not include a program component. A citizen’s committee has been formed to recommend how the Board’s decision to build a new middle school in the southwest part of the District should be implemented.
