Sarasota County Schools calls a plan to reinvent several of its campuses a “Future Focused Initiative,” and while some of it truly takes place years from now, a significant portion will take shape this academic year.
Built as a proactive and multipronged approach to face changes in enrollment trends, the proposal includes elements such as a technology-centered magnet school for middle schoolers, conversion of several elementary campuses into kindergarten through eighth-grade facilities and an ambitious project to build a pair of business- and finance-learning centers with the help of a national partner.
“It’s a very, very robust plan how we as a school district can maximize the utilization of some of our schools that are under-enrolled as well as be innovative in our offerings to be competitive to make sure we are the premier educational provider in this county,’’ Superintendent Terry Connor said…