The EMID Board packet for next week’s board meeting includes a “Summary of Vision and Organizational Changes” from Dr. Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent of EMID. The board meets at Harambee on Tuesday 8\/24 at 6pm and we urge parents who care about this issue (or anything else on the board agenda) to attend. Cassellius is recommending that 9th and 10th grades be removed from Crosswinds.<\/p>\n
Under a section labeled “Restructuring the Schools for Academic Achievement” she writes:<\/p>\n
I am proposing two changes—a change in grade structure and configuration and changes in academic programming. We need to have \u201cone vision—one school\u201d with a lower and upper campus, Harambee PK-4 serving grades and the Crosswinds serving grades 5-8, and implementing both the IB Primary Years Programme and the IB Middle Years Programme. This will allow for a focused implementation of the arts and environmental studies through the IB Areas of Interaction as required by IBO. I am also proposing discontinuing the ninth and tenth grades at Crosswinds for many reasons. The first is to focus on the PK-8 and in order to do that well. We have a need to build confidence in our community and deliver on results for students. We can\u2019t be everything to everyone. We need to focus, and I believe we can be the best in the world at providing a quality IB PK-8 school that celebrates diversity at its core. <\/p>\n
I know this will not be popular at first. I know parents want a high school option for their children, and I believe we can offer not only excellent HS options for our children moving from EMID but also that we can expand that vision. Let me explain. <\/p>\n
I would like to recommend a service arm of EMID that supports student success beyond Crosswinds that is called \u201cAlumni Services.” This office will help students in 8th grade choose the best high school to meet their unique learning and co\u00adcurricular needs. The Alumni Counselors will not only help our EMID graduates pick the best high school but will be there when they are juniors and seniors to ensure they choose the right college. Furthermore, my Vision is that these alumni services will continue into college helping students first to navigate those difficult applications and FAFSA, securing scholarships, and persisting those first years. It is a grand vision but the kind of vision that is about relationships, commitment, and doing whatever it takes so students are successful. <\/p>\n
These Alumni Services will be a special service of being an EMID student. They will provide support to our students as we design and develop our larger vision of a state of the art high school that truly is a reimagining of what high school should and could be for these future generations. It isn’t something to rush. We need time to put the right thought into it and develop programming together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The full board packet this month is in two parts, each is a large PDF: part 1<\/a>, part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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