STEELE CREEK NEWS
CMS Plans to
Consolidate Five Olympic Community Schools
(February
2,
2018) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools plans to consolidate the five
Olympic community schools into one comprehensive Olympic High School
beginning with the 2018-2019 academic year. A position will be
posted for a single Olympic High School principal in March. Olympic
will maintain five academies with specialized curriculum and program
offerings.
CMS released the following report on
February 2:
Superintendent
Clayton Wilcox shared upcoming changes to take effect for the
2018-2019 school year at Olympic High School during a series of
meetings on Feb. 1 with Olympic High School staff, feeder pattern
staff, parents, students and community partners.
"Great
things are happening at Olympic High School for our students and we
look forward to working with staff leadership, teachers, parents,
students and community partners to both strengthen what is already a
strong model and strive for improvements. We are committed to these
changes and to doing what is best for learning and teaching at
Olympic and across the district," says Superintendent Clayton
Wilcox.
Goals for the actions and strategies announced at
Olympic include:
- Ensure
educational consistency and high-quality programs and instruction
- CSimplify
leadership structure and enhance accountability
- CSupport
and strengthen business and community partnerships
- Build
sense of shared community and school culture
Proposed actions and strategies announced to meet these goals
include:
-
Consolidate
five Olympic community schools into one comprehensive Olympic High
School
-
Restructure leadership to one OHS principal with
supporting assistant principals
-
Maintain five academies with
specialized curriculum and program offerings
-
Streamline schedule
and class enrollment systems
- Bolster guidance
counseling/awareness of choices
- Increase
awareness and access to Career and Technical Education (CTE)
pathwa
- Offer
extracurricular and athletic opportunities within one Olympic
identity.
The principal selection process at Olympic High School
will include open position posting and selection engagement from
members of a yet to be named selection committee representing
Olympic constituencies including school staff, parents, community
partners and district leadership. The principal selection process
will open by the end of February.
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