Friday, March 22, 2013
Both junior highs will begin implement IB’s Middle Years Programme in the 2014-15 school year.
Hopkins junior highs will become International Baccalaureate schools starting in the 2014-15 school year. The School Board on Thursday approved a budget package that anticipates spending $109,000 on bringing IB to the junior highs. The program will change the junior high schedule and eliminate study halls, according to the school district. "This vote to move forward with the International Baccalaureate Program Middle Years Program in Hopkins Junior Highs affirms our commitment to providing an internationally recognized quality education and with a staff of teachers that have the skills and talents to meet this challenge and stand with the best," a news release West Junior High Principal Shirley Gregoire. IB’s Middle Years Programme …
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Saturday, February 23, 2013
The board won’t vote on the proposal until March 21, but directors had good things to say Thursday.
Hopkins appears on the way to transforming its junior highs into International Baccalaureate schools. While the School Board didn’t vote on the idea Thursday, most of the directors praised the program—including Irma McIntosh Coleman, one of two directors who voted against the idea in March 2012. “I was one of those naysayers. … I really did not think that I could sit back, look and think that I could support that,” McIntosh Coleman told the teachers presenting the proposal. “But the more I look and hear you, we realize the impact of people like you in our buildings and our classrooms that truly make that difference.” IB’s Middle Years Programme provides an enhanced curriculum for grades six through 10, although Hopkins would only offer …
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Next week, the School Board will discuss what the district has learned while investigating IB over the past year.
Hopkins is nearing a decision on whether it will transform its junior highs into International Baccalaureate programs. The School Board voted in March to initiate candidacy in the IB’s Middle Years Programme. The schools are now in the midst of the 2012-13 candidacy year, during which the junior highs have been: The School Board will discuss the findings of the past year at its Feb. 21 meeting, said school district spokeswoman Jolene Goldade said. The board will then take a preliminary vote at its March 21 budget meeting on whether to become an IB program—followed by a final vote in May. Unanimous approval isn’t a given. While the board did agree to pay the $109,000 candidacy initiation fee last year, directors Wendy Donovan and Irma …
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Friday, March 16, 2012
The school board gave preliminary approval on Thursday to set aside $109,000 to pursue International Baccalaureate candidacy.
A proposed International Baccalaureate program at the junior highs received tough questions and two dissenting votes Thursday, but the Hopkins School Board voted to preliminarily approve $109,000 to initiate candidacy with the program and further explore whether it’s a good fit. Board Vice Chair Warren Goodroad praised the way the program could expand on recent additions to enhance rigor at the junior highs—including new schedules and the addition of more-challenging courses. “I think we have an opportunity right now to look at one more thing we can do to really make this a complete transition,” Goodroad said. IB’s Middle Years Programme provides an enhanced curriculum for grades six through 10, although Hopkins would only offer Middle …
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10:27 am on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Save your money - don't do it! No one has to "petition" IB for authorization. What a school district is REQUIRED to do is hand over boatloads of money to this foreign organization which operates under Swiss Law. VOTE NO! www.truthaboutib.com more ›