Clarion Area School District plans to create a middle school recently moved another step forward.
The school board approved a “middle school model affirmation” for the 2023-24 school year.
The measure passed by an 8-0 margin (board President Hugh Henry was absent) at the board’s regular meeting earlier this month.
“There is not one singular thing that is the driver (of starting a middle school),” Carrico said. “It’s the whole ball of what it represents for us.”
The proposed middle school will be housed on the northern end of the Clarion Area High School building and will consist of students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
“We spent all of last year studying (the middle school),” Carrico said. “We had parent meetings, meetings with staff, meetings with administration. There is a host of reasons why we think this is a good idea.”
Along with the middle school affirmation, the board unanimously approved the district’s membership in the Pennsylvania Mid-Level Educators Association. The cost for membership is $384 annually.
The membership in PAMLE will aid in the development of Clarion Area’s middle school staff.
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