{"id":1181,"date":"2023-10-27T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/middleschoolmodel\/?page_id=1181"},"modified":"2024-10-23T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:02:04","slug":"2024-25-transition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/middleschoolmodel\/2024-25-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"2024-25 Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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2024-25 Transition - Lake Highlands Learning Community<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis page has been designed as a resource for students, parents and stakeholders in the Lake Highlands Learning Community as RISD prepares to open Forest Meadow and Lake Highlands middle schools in August of 2024 for the 2024-25 school year.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As part of RISD\u2019s strategic planning process in 2017-18, a recommendation was made to study the possibility of transitioning to a middle school model, serving grades six, seven and eight at one campus, moving away from the PreK through sixth grade elementary schools and 7-8 junior high model. In 2019-20, a grade configuration committee convened to study the possible change and recommended that the district move forward with implementing a middle school model. The RISD board of trustees adopted a resolution in 2021.<\/p>

In May 2021, RISD voters approved a $750 million bond package that in part funded the first phase of the middle school transition in the Lake Highlands learning community. The projects are on schedule, and current fifth-graders in Lake Highlands will begin attending Forest Meadow and Lake Highlands middle schools as sixth-graders starting in August 2024. RISD expects to place middle school transition projects at the district\u2019s other six junior highs before voters as part of future bond election.<\/p>

Some of the best practices and data studied during the decision-making process to transition to a middle school model include:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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