The Learning Curve: San Diego Unified May Reverse One K

San Diego Unified officials are considering walking back their plans to shut down middle school grades at one K-8 school, south of Interstate 8.

Last week, we broke the news that San Diego Unified officials planned to shutter the middle school grades at four of the district’s K-8 schools. It spread like wildfire.

The initial plan was to strip middle school grades from K-8 schools Golden Hill, Fulton and Audubon next year, and from Bethune the year after that. Students from those schools would be rerouted to other district middle schools.

District officials have said low performance and graduation rates among the K-8 students – as well as expanded educational opportunities at the middle schools where they would be rerouted – were the driving factors behind the decision.

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