This event continued a multi-year effort of teacher-lead project-based activities and one-on-one mentorship to STEM students as they develop their personal digital portfolio. The topics that were part of this unique event included networking, portfolio development and branding yourself for a STEM-based career. On Tuesday, December 4, more than 25 students in the class of 20 STEM Academy, interested in pursuing careers in STEM-related fields along with 15 teachers participated in the Fall STEM Portfolio Workshop. The current overcrowding is creating an environment of unproductive class sizes in core academic courses, including science labs, mathematics and language arts courses. Classroom trailers are extremely expensive to lease and operate, potentially impacting valuable student programs in the operating budget. The high school has been able to manage without the need for classroom trailers until this point however, unless permanent classroom space is provided, the high school will also require trailer installations in the near future. The high school is also operating beyond its functional capacity and is projected to experience student enrollment growth beyond 3000 students in the next 5-10 years. The projections for continued student enrollment forecasts growth beyond 2000 students in the next 5-10 years, so the need to provide permanent classroom space is imperative.
The referendum is designed to prioritize the building of our new middle school, which is currently operating beyond its functional capacity and has already required the installation of 10 temporary leased classroom trailers.
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