Middletown High School is featured in the latest edition of “On Board,” the publication of the New York State School Boards Association, for the successful At-Promise Microschool. 

Here is the story:

By Sara Foss
Special Correspondent

Last year, the Enlarged School District of the City of Middletown launched one of its newer and more innovative programs, the At-Promise Microschool. It serves high school students who have had issues involving behavior, attendance and/or academics. While such students are often described as "at-risk," Middletown doesn't use that term, preferring to emphasize the students' potential.

So, what's a microschool? It's a school-within-a-school. It has its own section of the high school and its own teachers who teach core subjects. Not having to change classrooms reduces opportunities for students to make poor choices and get into trouble.

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