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District proposes new program‑choice options: Pearl AI‑healthtrack micro‑school, Concord Middle innovation pathway and tuition pre‑K pilot
Summary
District staff presented six proposed program‑choice changes Oct. 6 including a Pearl Innovation District pilot that would cohort 60 high‑school students into an AI‑and‑health‑care micro‑school and a Concord Middle Academy to let middle‑school students earn early high‑school credits.
District staff presented six program‑choice recommendations to the board on Oct. 6 and asked the board to consider each recommendation at next week’s meeting after public comment. Recommendations include expanding STEM magnet kindergarten seats at Patriots, performing an evaluation of Wes Cabarrus high school’s IB program, targeted marketing and flexible enrollment for certain academies, launching a Pearl Innovation District partnership to pilot an AI‑health‑care micro‑school, creating a Concord Middle Academy to give middle‑school students pathways to earn high‑school credits, and piloting tuition‑based pre‑K classrooms at two sites.
On the Pearl proposal, district…
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