Wednesday, Nov. 26

Thanksgiving Break begins

No school

 

Thursday, Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Day

No school

 

Monday, Dec. 8
Board of Education Meeting
Charleston Gymnasium, 5 p.m.

Small Schools Initiative

Like other large urban high schools throughout Ohio, Lorain City Schools acknowledges the problems we have faced in areas like student attendance, graduation rates, percentages of students passing all areas of the Ohio Proficiency Tests, drop out rates, and low percentages of students who feel their schools care about them. Last year Lorain City Schools made considerable progress in the area of student learning and is no longer in a state of “academic emergency.” We celebrate our accomplishments but feel there is much more progress to be made!

Based on these realities, in 2002 Lorain City Schools decided to explore a new approach. The approach is often referred to as “small schools” and is intended to improve teaching and learning for youth through collaboration, personalization and differentiation of instruction. Many urban school districts across the nation have transformed their high schools into small schools and provided considerable evidence about how we can provide a safer place for students, a more positive environment for learning, higher achievement for students, higher graduation rates, fewer disciplinary problems and much greater satisfaction for teachers, students, and families.

Lorain City Schools is transforming both the high schools and the middle schools into these smaller, more personalized entities.