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Carter County officials propose moving upper elementary grades to Happy Valley Middle; mascot change prompts community survey
Summary
At a Carter County board workshop officials discussed moving sixth–eighth graders from Central Elementary to Happy Valley Middle to capture an estimated recurring savings and expanded CTE access; community feedback is being sought on whether the middle-school teams should use the Rangers or Tigers identity after consolidation.
Carter County board members and school administrators discussed a plan to transition sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students currently at Central Elementary to Happy Valley Middle, with administrators saying the move could free up recurring savings and improve program offerings.
District staff described the change as a consolidation that would produce “a recurring savings between the two schools … of over half a million dollars a year,” and said the move would allow the district to concentrate career-and-technical-education (CTE) dollars at the middle school level rather than spreading resources across smaller sites.
Administrators told the board the transition would be implemented with teacher placements handled through attrition and internal staffing plans so that student…
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