Posted on Mon, May 9, 2011 : 5:07 p.m.
As part of efforts to lift performance, Ypsilanti High School plans to split students into two focused academies
By Kyle Feldscher
Ypsilanti High School will have a new look by the start of the next school year, with students split into two different academies within the high school building, according to a report in The Ypsilanti Courier.
According to the report, the school will consist of the Global Leadership and Public Policy Academy and the Improv Academy.
The redesign plan has already been approved by the state and must be in place by Sept. 6, according to the report. The plan is part of the effort to remove YHS from the state’s list of the lowest performing 5 percent of high schools in the state.
- To read the full article in The Ypsilanti Courier, click here.
Comments
Fat Bill
Wed, May 11, 2011 : 3:15 a.m.
Where is the Science and Engineering Academy? This might not be as much fun, but really, this is where the future lies. The Improv Academy sounds like a lot of fun, but once you graduate, the party is over. Keep drama club around, but lets get kids ready to go right into the 5-year Bachelor/Master's degree program up the road at U-M!
Moonmaiden
Tue, May 10, 2011 : 10:36 a.m.
Has it occurred to anyone to look at the successful high schools in the area to see how and why they are getting it done? YHS is hardly a mega high school, what with students attending ECA, New Tech and, next year, IB. Seems to me a more traditional approach might actually work with what's left.
dotdash
Mon, May 9, 2011 : 11:45 p.m.
I think it's great that mega-high-schools are being broken up. That can't help but be good. But if there is no money for reorganization ("on hold" from the state) and it is the same staff and the same students with less money than last year, then what real change is possible? It sounds difficult and improbable.
tom swift jr.
Mon, May 9, 2011 : 11:34 p.m.
Folks, this is why letting the state run education doesn't work.