A Secondary Reinvention Committee was formed to find ways to improve how students are taught in middle and high school. The State Board of Education's new graduation requirements are forcing districts across the state to revamp their programs. Last year, only 18 percent of Mukilteo district 10th graders met the state standard in four subject areas that will be part of graduation requirements beginning in 2008. If we have those kind of results seven years down the road, we will have a huge number of students not getting diplomas on graduation day. Reports from Secondary Reinvention subcommittee members at this week's school board meeting showed that much of its research points to the advantages of the kind of education program Mariner is designing.
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Information workshops to explain the scholarship application process will be announced at Mariner in the next few weeks.