On Monday, June 22, the Board of Education unanimously approved the Intentional Integration Initiative (III) Framework presented by Superintendent Taylor. This landmark approval was two-years in the making and paves the way for the SOMSD to begin the work of integration in our schools. Highlights of the integration initiative include:
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- Board voted to develop an algorithm that will equitably distribute students among schools, based on key facts such as parental income and education level, neighborhood proximity, sibling preference and race;
- The district will partially model its integration approach to the Berkely Model;
- The work of integration will begin with a pilot of the Kindergarteners entering our District in September of 2021;
- Year 2 of the III would address the next group of Kindergarteners entering our district in September of 2022, as well as 6th graders entering middle school that year.
Click here to access the SOMSD Intentional Integration Initiative Summation