MIDDLE SCHOOL DISCUSSION GROWS

PATCH is all over the middle school discussion at Wednesday night's school board meeting:


The proposed International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program will not be unduly costly, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian Osborne told an audience on Wednesday night at a special meeting at Columbia High School. He — and other district administrators — also said that the program would provide rigor for all students, even as the district reduced the number of levels — or tracks — that separate students using measures of academic performance and standardized testing.


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