What if Milwaukee’s Samuel Morse Middle School expanded its programs for the gifted and talented to cover sixth through 12th grades?
What if the whole program were moved into the Marshall High School building, giving it more room, and maybe even taking the Marshall name?
Milwaukee Public Schools leaders are doing a lot of thinking along those lines, prodded by a strong desire by Morse Principal Rogers Onick and others at his school to expand into high school programming.
“There currently are discussions with the staff at Morse Middle School about relocating,” MPS Superintendent William Andrekopoulos said. “There seems to be some interest in pursuing that.”
Behind those cautious statements lies a potentially bold change in MPS. Onick says there is no high school in Wisconsin whose entire program is aimed at gifted and talented students.
And if Morse took that route, it could have an impact on high schools such as Rufus King and Riverside, generally college-bound programs that are frequently the choice of Morse graduates.
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SIS readers are invited to join Madison United for Academic Excellence for a discussion of charter schools for gifted students on Monday, October 29, at 7:00 p.m. in the LMC of Wright Middle School, 1717 Fish Hatchery Road. Our guests will be Paula Sween and Senn Brown. Ms. Sween is the TAG Curriculum Coordinator for the Appleton School District and one of the founders of the Odyssey-Magellan School for Gifted Students in Appleton. Mr. Senn represents the Wisconsin Charter Schools Association.
Coincidentally, the BOE Performance and Achievement Committee will be discussing educational options (including charters, magnets and so forth) at its meeting on Monday, October 22 at 5:00 in the Doyle Building.
All are welcome!