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District outlines career-academy plan, schedules May vote to move ninth graders

Chambersburg Area School District Board of Directors Committee of the Whole Meeting · April 15, 2026
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Summary

District staff proposed a phased career-academy model that would send all ninth graders to Cassius and launch parallel academies at Cassius and the Career Magnet School; the board will vote on the ninth-grade transition at the second May meeting.

Mrs. Luffey, director of 9–12 education, presented a multi-year plan to reconfigure high-school programming into career academies and a ninth-grade academy at Cassius. She said the plan aims to give students cumulative, sequenced career instruction, internships and industry-recognized credentials and to broaden pathways (career academy, career tech, or foundational studies).

"In 2728, not next school year, but the following school year, the plan is that…

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