We were given the go-ahead on plans to renovate WMES for use as a PreK Center.
Last week officials from the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education joined me in a walk-thru of the old West Madison Elementary School. The 17-acre tract where Midtown Elementary is now and the 80 acres at James Clemens High School were purchased by MCS several years before Board approval as school sites.Īnother school need from our growing enrollment is more PreK classrooms. Boards of Education in fast growing areas like Madison must be proactive in securing land before it is developed. This property is due west of the intersection of Hardiman and Burgreen roads closer to Segers Road. The Board recently approved a purchase agreement on a 16.77 acre tract of land in Limestone County. If that trend continues, we will be in need of an eighth elementary school in the very near future. MCS has been growing 300-500 students a year steadily for the past several years. More households mean more families, which translates to more students. We know from city development records that the majority of current and future residential growth of Madison is happening in Limestone County. I hope to have this strategic plan ready for adoption some time this spring. We plan to build on that foundation with a blueprint that meets the growing and changing demands.
Community input is a key reason for the historic success of MCS.
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Areas they are looking at include student achievement, academic and extracurricular opportunities, employee recruitment and retention, professional development, financial strength, building maintenance, technology infrastructure, culture/climate, mental health, community partnerships and more. Their collaborative efforts will help guide decisions over academics, communication, faculty/staff, operations/facilities, support services and the many facets of our school district. This group of stakeholders in the community - parents, school employees, local business reps, PTA members - has been meeting regularly to assist our administration in the development of a long-range plan for Madison City Schools. I would like to start by commending the work of our Strategic Planning Committee which wrapped up another collaborative session Friday.
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