Instead, students will be staying in their elementary schools.
Administrators say the program solves two problems.
It reduces the number of students in Cleveland middle schools, so that fewer pupils share the resources, and also helps those children that stay in elementary school to learn better. But some students don't want to be a part of the program. 90.3's Janet Babin reports. It's the first leap toward adulthood most remember, from elementary to middle school. A new schedule, a different routine.