Workgroup Leaders:

Roszalyn Akins, Community Leader
Bonnie Brinly, Facilitator
Lisa Deffendall, Project Coordinator
Tina Stevenson, Staff Leader
Gary Wiseman, Staff Leader

Why Consider Middle to High School Transition?

• Too many students who go on to postsecondary institutions need remedial classes.
• The academic gains being made at many of our elementary schools have not translated into higher test scores in our middle and high schools.
• Surveys reveal that many of our middle and high school youngsters feel disengaged.
• The middle and high school curriculums must be both relevant and rigorous if we are to prepare students for high-skilled jobs.
• Student success hinges on better alignment between our middle schools, high schools and postsecondary institutions.
• One in five students who enter the ninth grade in Fayette County don't graduate four years later.