Middle School Curricula

Changes are underway at the middle school level in the district.  It appears that these plans involve restructuring the curriculum across the middle schools in the district such that every middle school offers the same curriculum. Concerns about these changes are being raised on schoolinfosystem.org . Assistant Superintendent Pam Nash is currently working on this issue. We expect that we will have more information about these issues in the future.

• Letter to Sherman Parents - a June 6, 2005 letter from Superintendent Rainwater to parents upset about changes occuring at Sherman Middle School.

• Middle School Design Team document from Pam Nash.

• Ed Lite: Middle schools stress social adjustment at the expense of academic achievement - Isthmus article by Katherine Esposito

Interested readers might want to check out Cherie Yecke's book: Mayhem in the middle. How middle schools have failed America - and how to make them work.