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A.V. schools may get overhaul
AVUSD looks to restructure schools to K-6 or K-8
APPLE VALLEY • Schools within the Apple Valley Unified School District may soon undergo a major structural overhaul to save money and boost low performers, with middle schools merging into K-8 schools and elementary schools retaining sixth graders.
The Apple Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees is poised Thursday night to approve plans to restructure all district schools into either K-6 or K-8 schools and redesignate Apple Valley Middle School as a site that houses independent-study students and the district office.
There organization, proposed by Superintendent Robert Seevers, would take effect this fall and save an estimated $710,000 in personnel and facility costs, according to the board agenda.
Specific plans include:
• All fifth-grade students will remain at their current elementary schools for sixth grade. The new K-6 schools include: Desert Knolls, Mariana, Rio Vista, Rancho Verde, Sandia, Sycamore Rocks and Yucca Loma.
• Create a new preschool through eighth-grade academy school at the Vista Campana/Mojave Mesa campus. Vista Campana and Apple Valley Middle School sixth- and seventh-graders will be assigned to this new academy.
• Reorganize Sitting Bull Middle School and Sitting Bull Elementary into a single K-8 Sitting Bull Academy at the same location.
• Relocate district offices and the Alternative Education Center independent study students to the Apple Valley Middle School site.
The recommendations come on the heels of the California Department of Education identifying Apple Valley Middle School and Vista Campana among the state’s bottom 5 percent of “persistently lowest-achieving” schools.
Full the full story including specific plans, read Thursday's Daily Press. To subscribe to the Daily Press in print or online, call (760) 241-7755 or click here.
Natasha Lindstrom may be reached at (760) 951-6232 or at nlindstrom@VVDailyPress.com.
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A public meeting where the proposed organization will be voted on begins 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Sitting Bull Elementary School, 19355 Sitting Bull Road in Apple Valley.
