District outlines new middle-school advanced math and language-arts pathway beginning next year
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Administrators presented plans to start an advanced math pathway in seventh grade and additional writing emphasis in language arts at the middle school; the program is scheduled to start next academic year and will include work days for teachers and possible curriculum adoption.
District administrators told the board they will begin an advanced pathway at the middle school next year intended to accelerate students into higher math sooner and provide more rigorous writing opportunities in language arts.
Ms. Rogers (curriculum lead) said the plan is to start the advanced track in seventh grade, condense some seventh-grade content, add selected eighth-grade material, and allow students to take Algebra 1 in eighth grade so they can move to Math 2 in high school. Rogers said teachers have been consulted and will receive weekly work days during the rest of the school year, with additional planning time possible in the summer. She said the district will look for a cohesive 6–12 math program to improve vertical alignment and will keep the current middle-school language-arts curriculum while adding more writing-intensive work.
Board members asked whether elementary alignment sets students up for the new middle-school tracks; Rogers said the elementary language-arts program (Amplify / CKLA K–8 family) should help prepare students and that teachers have reported visible growth this year.
No formal action was required; administrators said they will continue to plan and return with curriculum selections and scheduling details.