A new term for accountability — and for more leeway for local schools — will be on the agenda for a public hearing tonight at the Hall County Board of Education meeting. The system is moving toward a designation of “strategic waiver school system,” which will mean little to teachers in the near term, but it likely will lead to more scrutiny of individual schools’ results on the College and Career Ready Performance Index in the next few years. “Check back in three or four years,” said Kevin Bales, director of middle and secondary education for Hall County.
Hall Schools likely to move toward more scrutiny
Designation would also allow local schools more control