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Meeting Date:
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2/21/2019 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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New Business and Reports to the Board
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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Early College High School Model
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Objective 1.1
Educational Excellence ACPS will regularly assess and respond to the needs, interests, and abilities of individual students. Objective 1.2
Achievement Gaps ACPS will target academic achievement gaps and increase positive educational outcomes across race/ ethnicity, income, disability, and language subgroups. Objective 1.4 Educational Equity ACPS will provide each student with opportunities to be challenged and supported.
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
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Agenda Item Summary:
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Background:
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As a result of a need to personalize student learning and offer a variety of college and career pathways, a team of staff from Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA-Alexandria) have partnered to explore the possibility of an Early College High School Model. This model would allow ACPS students to complete their high school diploma while simultaneously completing an associate’s degree. The model would include a four-year framework where a student would enter as a rising 9th grader and complete a designated pathway of courses in four years. Given the local workforce needs and current student career interests, Information Technology (IT) would be a component of the model, along with a general course of studies. Current research and development is underway with the intent to target a Fall 2021 opening.
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Recommendation:
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The Superintendent recommends the School Board review the Early College High School Model Program.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Terri H. Mozingo - Chief Academic Officer
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Signed By:
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Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent
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