Berkmar Students, Parents Learn About Public School Choice

As a "Needs Improvement" school, Berkmar High is offering its students the option to transfer to Mountain View and Archer high schools.

Berkmar High School students and parents attended a Public School Choice informational meeting Monday evening to help decide if transferring to another school would be ideal for them.  Parents of Berkmar students recently received a mailed letter stating that they have the option of transferring to either Mountain View or Archer high school, both fairly new Lawrenceville schools that are in considered to be in good standing according to the Adequate Yearly Progress standards. The reason for the option is because Berkmar did not pass the AYP minimums, which, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (formerly known as No Child Left Behind Act), gives students the ability to transfer to certain good-standing schools that haven't …

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