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Teacher urges board to keep Accelerated Learning Academy in separate building, warns relocation could harm vulnerable students
Summary
An Accelerated Learning Academy teacher told the Flint Board of Education that moving ALA into a wing of Southwestern High School would harm students who rely on the program’s trauma-informed environment and warned against repeating past consolidation mistakes.
Melissa Kronken, a high school science teacher at Accelerated Learning Academy (ALA), told the Flint Board of Education she supports keeping ALA in a separate building rather than moving it into a wing of Southwestern High School.
Kronken said she has taught in Flint for 28 years and described ALA as a "unique and vital program" that provides a safe, trauma‑informed environment for students who have struggled in traditional schools. "Our students are succeeding because they have a safe space, a place where they are supported, respected, and…
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