STUART — The Martin County School District is weighing a broad restructuring of how schools operate, as leaders look to adapt to changing expectations from families and growing competition from charter, virtual and neighboring school systems.
Daniel Moore, the district’s executive director of curriculum, told school board members that the long-standing school model has reached a point where it no longer serves all students equally.
“This is an old design, and for decades it met the needs of the families that we serve,” Moore said. “It’s not a bad model. It meets the needs of a growing district. It’s scalable, but that’s not where we are now. It meets the needs of the majority, but right now we need to meet the needs of everybody.”…