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CPS: middle-school openings on track; principals, staff adjusting schedules and procedures
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Superintendent Murphy and Assistant Superintendent Badgett reported initial operational updates for the district’s six middle schools, noting strong student energy, adjustments to schedules and dismissal logistics, and ongoing staffing and safety refinements.
Superintendent Murphy and Assistant Superintendent Badgett reported brief operational updates on Cincinnati Public Schools’ new middle-school configuration at the Sept. 22 board meeting.
Murphy said the district is watching arrival and dismissal procedures, transitions between classes, student behavior supports and staffing needs closely as the six new/converted middle schools settle into the year. He said the district was focused on “what the start of the day looks like” (arrival), hallway transitions and dismissal sequencing, and that some buildings required schedule or staffing adjustments to relieve hallway bottlenecks.
Assistant Superintendent Badgett described strong student energy and said staff and principals were making real‑time adjustments: principals were changing procedures when walkthroughs revealed bottlenecks; district staff were assessing staffing levels for security and alternative-learning-classroom (ALC) support; and the district was working with HR to fill openings for key roles. Badgett said the district is also monitoring student behavioral supports and multi‑tiered systems of support and is coordinating family engagement and community partners to support transition needs.
Board members asked for regular, periodic updates with enrollment, behavior and transportation metrics and for attention to family engagement plans. Badgett and Murphy agreed to return with regular, scheduled updates on middle‑school enrollment, staffing, discipline incidents, and engagement plans.
Ending: Administration said it will provide the board with ongoing updates and encouraged board members to visit middle‑school sites; they noted the district will refine master schedules and staffing as needed during the early weeks of implementation.
