Superintendent Sheldon Berman wants the Jefferson County school board to postpone part of the district's new student-assignment plan for middle and high school students — hoping to avoid the busing problems that have frustrated parents of elementary pupils.
Under Berman's recommendation, the district would go ahead next fall with its plan to implement career themes and magnet programs at 16 high schools. But it would delay implementing most boundary changes for middle and high schools until the 2011-12 school year.
“We decided we wanted to wait an extra year to fully implement the plan at our middle and high schools so that we can get a better handle on transportation,” Berman said Monday.
Berman also is initiating transportation changes to the elementary student-assignment plan that began this year.
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