She wants to move to a pre-k-6 and 7-12 “junior high” model.
The junior high students would be located in MPS high schools, Cassellius said.
“With some modernization, those facilities could really be wonderful school environments for our students to be able to do career programming,” Cassellius said. “I think it would give a more well-rounded education to our students.”
Any changes to grade configurations would need approval from the Milwaukee Board of School Directors.
Gov. Tony Evers’ instructional audit released in June confirmed that having too many different grade spans makes improvement and accountability efforts difficult, said MPS School Board President Missy Zombor.