NEW DIRECTION FOR LIMESTONE SCHOOLS

Limestone County Schools will divide multiple existing schools into separate entities in a bid to improve student achievement scores by providing more individualized attention to each grade.

Superintendent Tom Sisk said the state has consented to dividing K-12 schools in Elkmont and Tanner into separate schools. He predicted the two K-12 schools would be officially divided by next July.  The split means state funding will be available to hire an additional principal, a counselor and other key administrators for each school. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade with one principal.

“Our student achievement test scores are not where we need them to be, and one way we can address that is to have a dedicated staff,” Sisk said.

“We’re trying to get away from the K-12 model,” Sisk said, noting that K-12 schools do not provide the individualized attention desired when it comes to student instruction and testing.

Those projects are still in development and do not include new construction.

Sisk said the school system is putting on hold plans to build a separate elementary school in Elkmont until after a lawsuit with Madison City Schools over local education tax dollars is decided. (Elkmont's elementary school on hold again...are you surprised?  It's only been in the works for 20 years.)
source: Decatur Daily