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District leaders detail middle-school redesign, project-based learning and security upgrades
Summary
Principals and district staff described an accelerated middle-level redesign at Van Antwerp and Iroquois: new security staffing, adoption of EduCLIMBER for consolidated student data, broader block scheduling, expansion of project-based learning and plans to add a project-based learning teacher in next year's budget.
Middle-level leaders in the Niskayuna Central School District told the board they have accelerated a redesign of sixth through eighth grade programming while opening two new buildings and rolling out schedule and curriculum changes this year.
Presenters described several operational changes: increased on-site security staffing, including security monitors and a school resource officer embedded in daily routines; adoption of EduCLIMBER, a consolidated…
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