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Watertown board hears wide-ranging review and debate of Customized Aero Academy
Summary
Principal and a teacher described the Customized Aero Academy(CAA) program history, enrollment and instructional model; a former teacher and several board members pressed for deeper analysis of academic outcomes and historical trade-offs.
The Watertown School District received an extended presentation and public discussion of the Customized Aero Academy on the high school campus Tuesday, where administrators described the program's history, enrollment and instructional model and a former teacher urged the board to review academic outcomes and past staffing trade-offs.
Principal Patty McClements and teacher Chelsea Brink outlined CAA's origins and current operations. "It did start back in July 2011," McClements told the board, describing early planning, donor support and a three-year professional development grant through TIE (now Compass). McClements said the program has grown to roughly 300 students in recent years and that staff use a mix of seminars, projects, labs and mastery-based assessments to let students progress at different paces.
The question of academic rigor and districtwide impacts drew sustained comment. A…
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