The district also works with business and industry to ensure that curriculum is meaningful for students once they reach the workplace. School Choices Seven elementary schools, each with a unique environment, give parents many choices. Six of the schools have neighborhood boundaries, but flexible transfer policies exist. One school operates on an extended-year calendar and others have flexible schedules with an early dismissal one day per week. The schools benefit from partnerships with parents, businesses and community groups.
Parent organizations are active from the elementary to the high school level.
The secondary schools have adopted a Career Pathways program to help students plan high school courses with a career goal in mind. Students begin exploring career interests in middle school. Emporia teachers support teacher training by supervising teacher education students as observers, student teachers and teacher interns. Emporia teachers also are frequent speakers in university classrooms. University faculty serve as resources for our teachers as well.