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(<a href=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/middleschoolmodel\/\">See background on RISD\u2019s middle school transition<\/a>, which began in 2020, with Forest Meadow MS and Lake Highlands MS opening this school year).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Construction of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/cte\/\">Career and Technical Education<\/a> (CTE) Center that would centralize and consolidate many CTE programs that currently exist only in individual high schools, making more programs accessible to more RISD students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the committee\u2019s charge is to review the requested items and determine what is consistent with available resources under the debt service portion of the RISD tax rate. 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