‘We have almost all the teachers with us now’: Muscogee County School District gives update on K-2 initiative

WRBL Columbus
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Muscogee County School District provided an update to the new initiative at the city council meeting.

Council members invited Muscogee County Superintendent Dr. David Lewis to provide an update on the new K-2 initiative that intends to accelerate students to standard by housing the qualifying students at Brewer Elementary School.

This would move the other students to the supporting schools: Dorothy Heights, Martin Luther King Jr, and J.D. Davis Elementary  in the 2024-25 school year.

During the meeting, Dr. Lewis gave an overview of the initiative and provided information regarding the hiring and enrollment process along with transportation.

“We have almost all the teachers with us now. I think we’re down to about two or three teaching positions still vacant,” Lewis shared. “We’re interviewing daily to identify the very best and highly qualified teachers for the program.

Lewis explained that no teachers have lost their jobs. Educators instead have been placed in different schools.

With the relocation of students, Lewis told WRBL about the transportation system for the new school year.

Lewis says, ”As the students are identified, regardless of which school in one of the four schools they go to, siblings will be able to ride on the same bus. As an example, if one is attending MLK and the other one is attending Brewer, the students are able to ride to and from school on the same bus.”

As the new school year approaches Lewis said, ”We’re in the process right now of inviting all of our pre-k facilities to go through a summit, a summit, a universal screening process that will identify which students should be targeted for going in, for qualifying for the acceleration program.”

Currently, eighteen pre-k programs have been identified to serve the four schools. The school district also sets up dates to conduct screenings while students are still in school and over the summer.

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