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Whether you're a student,
parent, taxpayer, volunteer,
school employee or other citizen
of Forsyth County, reorganization
of the school system will affect
you.
For many years. DeoDle in For
syth County have asked for a
longer stay at each school.
Dissatisfaction with the
"4-2-2-2-2" structure was indicated
in the 1977 Community
Survey. For more than five years,
the Board of Education has
worked on developing a more
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four-year, developing a
reorganization plan for all grade
levels. There has been extensive
public debate over each decision,
and modifications have been
Reoreanizati
When will school reorganizaiton
take effect?
In the fall of 1984
Will districts be changed from the
current ones?
Yes. All schools will have at
least one grade change and new
district lines.
Will there be a "feeder pattern"
like the one we have now?
No. The reorganization oTan is
based on independent districts
for each level.
Why did the Board choose independent
districts rather than a
feeder plan?
Independent districts provide
greater flexibility in assigning
students, so that buildings can be
used more efficiently. District
lines are drawn for each school
without affecting district lines at
other grade levels. In the future,
lines could be adjusted at the
elementary level, for example, to
reduce overcrowding or compen
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concerns.
The new structure provides for
three levels of schools: high
schools serving grades 9-12, middle
schools for grades 6-8, and
elementary schools for grades
K-5. The reorganization also calls
for closing several schools and
changing the use of others. Some
construction and renovations will
be necessary to provide
equivalent facilties for all
students. Passage of local -bond
Jssuc lastNovembc* hem made the-*
"available to make this
possible.
A structure with four-year high
schools, middle schools and
elementary schools has many adrtn
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no impact on the middle and high
school levels.
Why are satellite districts
necessary? Why can't everyone
just go to the nearest schools?
In order to meet our continuing
obligation to operate a
desegregated school system, the
Board of Education set a goal to
balance the racial composition of
each school to within five percentage
points to the racial balance
to each organizational level. This
means that schools should be
from about 30 percent to 45 percent
minority when this plan is
implemented. If everyone went to
the nearest school, some schools
would be over 90 percent minority
and others less than 10 percent.
Satellite districts are necessary to
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schools.
Why do we have a "4-2-2-2-2"
plan now?
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more years to build skills and
loyalties together: Costs will be
lowered through less duplication
of courses, materials, and staff.
Taxpayers, parents, students and
affects all stud
Prior to 1954, Winston-Salem
and Forsyth County operated
racially segregated schools.
Despite efforts to desegregate the
schools after 1954, the Supreme
Court directed the Federal
District Court in 1971 to
eliminate all vestiges of the dual
school system in our county.
In accordance with this directive
the Court ordered full integration
of the WinstonSalem/Forsyth
County Schools
in the fall of 1971. The Board,
staff and many citizens studied a
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isting buildings and racial
distribution of students at that
time, the 4-2-2-2-2 structure was
the best plan to comply with the
court order without building new
facilities.
Are we still under the supervision
of the court?
No. The Catherine Scott suit
was dismissed in 1981. We do not
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Change is never easy. There
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convinced, however, that this
reorganization will improve the
quality of education we offer the
students of Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County.
lents
have to return to the court for approval
of changes in the pupil
assignment plan. However, a
change which resulted in any
significant number of once race
schools would probably be considered
a violation ofMhe constitutional
rights of minority
school children.
Which schools will be used under
the reoganization plan?"
The plan uses twenty-nine
elementary schools for grades
K-5, twelve middle schools for
grades 6-8, eight high schools for
grades 9-12, and four special
schools as follows:
Why does the plan include eight
high schools when the previous
plan had only seven?
The Board of Education voted
to add an eighth high school in
order to reduce anticipated overcrowding
in the eastern part of
Forsyth County. The eighth high
school also reduces the average
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How can I help my child adjust to
all these chances?
School Psychologist Patricia
Browning an$ Carolyn McPherson
have these suggestions to ease
the transition:
Before school opens:
Be positive about the coming
hanges: Remember the more1
positive and forward-looking you
are, the more your child will look
forward to the new year! Some
points to make: opportunities to
make new friends, more extracur
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for many students, possibly more
chances for leadership.
Learning to adjust to change is
part of healthy emotional
growth. Although schools will remain
more familiar than unfamiliar,
there will be many
changes in staff, grade structure,
and district lines. Try not to prejudge
or form impressions.
Anticipate the possibility of
some beginning-of-the-year confusion.
Help your child see that
some situations call for flexibility
and may be humorous. (The first
time you laugh at yourself you
have taken a big step toward
growing up.)
Expect some changes in daily
schedules and routine from past
school years.
Find out about your "new"
school prior to school opening.
Do not let the new school be a
strange place-take your child
there. Drive by andbr visit at a
reasonable* time after receiving
your school assignment.
Talk to your child before the
beginning of school year. If you
detect fears and anxieties help
himher talk through them rationally.
Be aware of support permmm
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te/p students
sonnel in the schools if your child
seems to be having extensive difficulties.
In addition to the principal
teachers, school counselors, *
psychologists, and social workers
are available.
After school opens:
Support your child through initial
changes in adjustment for
crowded conditons, schedule
variations, shifting equipment,
and the hundred-and-one thngs
that go along with the opening of
a "new" schools.
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help your child see that adults do
not always "have it all together"
in all situations. (A good thing
for parents to remember, toogive
the system some time to adjust!)
Promote helpful att.:udes.
Your child can be helpful to new
students as they try to find their
way around a building; they can
volunteer to help teachers with
classroom chores; they can listen
carefully for teacher's instructions.
Invite new as well as existing
friends of your child to your
home. Encourage social growth
in this new setting.
Keep in close contact with your
child's teachers, especially
through the first year of the
reorganization pian.
Be involved in as many school
actvities as you can-volunteer services,
PTSA, grade parents, etc.
Both you and your child will find
much useful information in th
school handbook provided for
each child.
Remember:
You are the key to the uccess |
or failure of the reorganization
plan for your child.
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