Tonight, the school board plans to formally end the program with a resolution that declares it will be dead after this school year.
This comes after nearly $200,000 was spent on the plan.
Full agenda HERE.
See the resolution up for a vote tonight below:
RESOLUTION 3291
SUBJECT: International
Baccalaureate (IB) Program
WHEREAS, the South Orange Maplewood Board of Education acknowledges
and accepts the value of the International Baccalaureate (IB) program concepts,
including rigorous teaching and learning, a global perspective and the
interdepartmental method of instruction;
WHEREAS, in 20__ the South Orange Maplewood Board of Education
approved the proposal to implement the IB Middle Years Program (MYP) at the
district’s middle schools over a three-year period;
WHEREAS, the timing of the implementation of the IB MYP at the middle
schools coincided with the adoption of several state mandates, including the
Common Core standards, PARCC testing, and ACHIEVENJ and TEACH NJ requirements;
WHEREAS, the implementation of the IB MYP has been difficult and
less than successful for many of the middle school faculty, particularly in
light of the adoption of the abovereferenced additional programs and standards;
WHEREAS, there is no substantial
prospect that the circumstances that have hindered the implementation of the IB
MYP are likely to change;
And
WHEREAS,
it is the sentiment of the Board of Education and the Administration that the
district should not continue to spend resources on the International
Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, given the above circumstances;
WE THEREFORE HEREBY RESOLVE:
That the IB MYP should be
discontinued at the end of the 2014/2015 academic year; and
That the district Administration
and the middle school faculty will continue to work on strategies for middle school instruction, that will maintain
rigorous teaching and learning, a global perspective, interdisciplinary
studies, and a collaborative teaching approach.
More background on the decision HERE.
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