The district has taken significant steps to
expand the advanced and higher learning opportunities for all of its
students (over 6,600), including reducing tracking for many courses All
fourth - and fifth -
grade students now benefit from the English Language Arts enrichment program and the district is in the second year of phasing in the rigorous, inquiry - based curriculum in its new International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program to prepare its
students for college preparatory courses at the high school.