2014/15 AAPS Educational Program Enhancements
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION, 2014-2015: ! A2 Virtual+ Academy • Features a lab classroom in each comprehensive high school: Huron, Pioneer, & Skyline • Lab classrooms also located at Community and Pathways to Success Campus ! Early Childhood Education • A combined Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) & Tuition model • Features preschool classrooms for students aged 3 and 4 years at Allen and Thurston for 2014-2015 • Potential expansion to preschool locations in each cluster for 2015-2016 ! K-8 STEAM Campus featuring 1:1 Technology • Locate at current Northside Elementary • Phased implementation approach, beginning with K-6th grade in ’14-’15 • Add 7th grade in ’15-’16, and 8th grade in ’16-’17 (1 grade per year over 3 yrs) • Features 1:1 Technology for all students ! Pathways to Success Campus • Localize and improve services and offerings for alternative students • Co-locate Roberto Clemente, A2Tech, GED Program, Options Program, and Adult Education to the old Stone School location • School programs will retain unique identities for ’14-’15 (e.g. A2 Tech at the Pathways to Success Campus and Roberto Clemente at the Pathways to Success Campus)
The enhancements below, if approved by the Board, will be coordinated into a district-wide implementation in buildings where there is open capacity: ! 1:1 Technology Initiatives • Implement 1:1 technology at a few targeted locations for ’14-‘15 • Explore Bring-Your-Own-Devices in one middle and one high school location ! Expansion of Young 5’s Program • Implement Young 5’s at a few targeted locations for ’14-‘15 ! Expand World Languages to select Elementary Schools • Implement World Languages at a few targeted locations for ’14-‘15 • To include Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Sign Language, and Japanese
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