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Rockport leaders consider 6–8 reconfiguration as enrollment declines
Summary
Administrators and teachers explored a two-cohort model for grades 6–8 to address declining enrollment; leadership will audit licensure and present a draft staffing model in January, with one-on-one meetings planned for affected staff.
Superintendent Mark Branko said staff-run workshops with middle-school content teachers concluded that declining enrollment will likely require reorganizing grades 6–8 into two cohorts per grade rather than the current three-group model. He said the proposal is intended to preserve content-area expertise and maintain licensed teachers where possible, but cautioned that licensure and seniority audits will create ripple effects across grades and could affect staffing beyond the middle school.
Branko said administrators will draft a proposed model over the holiday break and aim to return to the committee in early January with details; before any public rollout, leadership will hold confidential one-on-one conversations with employees who could be affected. "No decisions have actually been made about what that model looks like," he said, adding the district will weigh content expertise, licensure and student outcomes as it refines options.
