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“We recognize that the most important job we have in front of us is to make sure our seventh- and eighth-graders enter high school prepared to succeed in a rigorous academic environment. Our children need double periods of English language arts and extra time in mathematics.”
Amber Dixon
“This issue seems to me about two months premature. The process is still ongoing.”
“More time does not in itself fix the problem. But it gives us the instructional time we need to implement our three-year academic plan.”