I was looking through The Columbus Dispatch online and
found this uplifting article titled “New sites set for gifted, limited-English
students” by Bill Bush which talks about how Global Academy is expanding. In the
article, it was mentioned that Global Academy will be relocating to the former
Brookhaven High School building which closed down last fall.
What pushed Global Academy to relocate and expand is the
increasing immigrant population in Columbus, OH. Global Academy has over 825
students assigned to the program in the former Linmoor Middle School building which
put this location over capacity. Even
though it was stated that the Global Academy located in the South Linden
neighborhood is not over capacity yet, the Brookhaven High School location will
offer a better permanent location for the academy.
With a new location, Global Academy will be able to reduce
class sizes from 36 students to a teacher to 20-to-1. Along with reducing class
size, more gifted and limited-English students will be able to attend Global
Academy. Another perk to the new location
is that the Brookhaven building sits in an area where the majority of the
current Global Academy students live.
Excellent article. I look forward to more in the future, it is good to be apprised of all the wonderful things people are doing to advance our society.
ReplyDeleteThis is exciting! I think have smaller class sizes will definitely benefit both groups. One of the schools I work in recently added 100 limited-English students to increase their enrollment. They were all put into one small hallway or "wing" by themselves. I was saddened to see them so secluded, but haven't heard much about their curriculum or lessons. I'm not sure how I feel about keeping them sequestered into 1 school, but if they have the staff that is skilled and passionate about working with this population, I think it could be beneficial.
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