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Board agrees to close stand-alone Big Picture program, let juniors finish and explore a Big Picture core at Windsor High
Summary
Facing low enrollment and unsustainable student-to-teacher ratios, trustees voted to close the current Big Picture Learning stand‑alone program while allowing existing juniors to finish. Administration will explore preserving program elements as a core within Windsor High School for older students and report back.
District leaders told the board that Big Picture Learning's current structure is no longer fiscally sustainable because low enrollment produced untenable advisory ratios. Principal Heather and Superintendent Decker said the program no longer met the staffing model required to run the advisory and internship-focused approach, especially after a shift to an independent-study schedule that…
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