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[quote=Anonymous]JR received grant money to invest in academy directors. That money cannot be spent on other things. The money also came with curriculum requirements which is why some classes and pathways have changed in the past 2 years. Before this academies were run on a volunteer basis by over burdened teachers and the investment and organization in each one varies greatly. When the school switched from 7 to 8 classes annually, many of the teachers who had been running academies stepped down because they had another class to teach, and academies and programs fell apart. This focus and staffing should improve the academy structure.

That being said the college and career staffing is ridiculous. They have one person responsible for all college counseling, college coordination, AND AP testing. There is a a no way one person could do that for even a classes half that size. Add to it the incredible diversity of school choice from Harvard to vocational schools at JR, and the need to start working with families in junior years, it was s really a huge disservice to the community that the office doesn’t receive more investment. And it is why there are threads every year about people hiring private college counselors. The last 2 FT counselors went private when they left too, which tells you they liked the work but not the workplace. [/quote]

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