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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do we know if the only options are either a fourth high school or attending high school in shifts. I don't think so. On the W-L PTA survey I supported the 9th grade academy. Is that still in play?

I agree that the county and the school board need to work together on this issue. [/quote]

9th grade academy sounds like the worst of all possible options to me.[/quote]

Gosh, I totally disagree. [b]I love the county-wide 9th grade academy [/b]idea and think it would be the most politically palatable.[/quote]

But that's not what they're talking about. They're talking about a 9th grade academy for one HS, W-L. [/quote]

But they SHOULD be talking about it. Build a brand new school, to high school specifications (so it could be used as a general high school in the future if need be), and then put all the 9th graders there. It would be a much easier pill to swallow than a new high school, which would involve a long, painful, and likely ugly process of redrawing high school boundaries across the entire county. Plus, it could be a balm to the community that older kids wouldn't be driving.

Do I think a new high school would be a better idea? Yes. But I think it's a much more painful process that I'm not sure we have the collective stomach for. It's easier to do piecemeal patches that don't fix the problem.[/quote]

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