Merging schools requires thoughtful planning to ensure students, staff, and families can grow a strong school culture in the new community—several approaches exist for consideration.
Understanding School Mergers
Under a merger, there are a variety of approaches ABRSD could take to build a new school community. Several approaches to consider for merging include:
Integrate into One Approach by absorb Merriam practices into McCarthy-Towne practices, or vice versa
Create a Combined Approach by taking the best practices from each of Merriam and McCarthy-Towne
Develop a New Approach using stakeholder input from both school communities
If the decision to merge two schools is made, the immediate next step would be to build a thoughtful plan for how to design the merger of the two school communities, using feedback from each.
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