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Sweetwater County School District to open Ninth Grade Center half‑day schedule to ease 8–9 transition
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Libby outlined a plan to place ninth graders in a dedicated Ninth Grade Center on a half‑day split schedule to reduce dropout risk and support academic transition. Trustees expressed support and said operational details — transportation, lunch, staffing and data backing the change — will be posted to the district webpage.
Superintendent Dr. Libby said at the April 14 Sweetwater County School District #1 Board of Trustees meeting that the district will open a Ninth Grade Center using a daily half‑day split schedule intended to support students transitioning from eighth to ninth grade.
Dr. Libby said the district’s enrollment and budget review showed “the transition between eighth and ninth grade” is a place where students historically struggle and that current ninth‑grade numbers permit running smaller, team‑based groups. "We have numbers in our ninth grade that are actually conducive to running a split, a split schedule on a daily basis," Dr. Libby said.
The plan calls for half of…
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