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Hopkins board hears plans for career‑academy model, superintendent says rollout can be paced
Summary
Superintendent Mary Pirie Reid and Ford NGL partners outlined a career academy vision that would create a freshman academy and three or four themed academies for grades 10–12; district leaders emphasized community engagement, readiness indicators and optional pacing, with full freshman academy implementation not expected before 2027.
Superintendent Mary Pirie Reid updated the Hopkins School Board Feb. 24 on Phase 2 of an envisioning process to bring a career academy model to Hopkins High School, describing a program structure that would combine a Freshman Academy cohort experience with three to four career academies for upper grades.
Reid said the model would require students to pick one career‑based elective per year in 10th–12th grades, with vertically aligned career coursework and opportunities to graduate with a career‑based…
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