- Falcon High School
- Innovation Meeting 1
- Topic 1: The Future of FHS
What are the advantages of being an innovation school?
As a large district, District 49 has communities that have different priorities and different needs. The primary advantage of being an innovation school is being able to operate autonomously from other schools. We don't have to try and create an academic program that is one size fits all.
Being an innovation school allows Falcon High School to be responsive to the priorities and needs of its community.
At Falcon High School, there is a significant interest in the health sciences academy and the information technology academy. There is also interest in moving away from standards-based grading.
At Sand Creek High School, although standards-based grading is a very important part of the International Baccalaureate program there, they have implemented it in a very different way. The SCHS community is happy with how it is performing there and so they are not focused on it. SCHS has a different set of focuses at the present time.
The innovation model allows FHS to develop and propose a plan to the Board of Education. If approved, the school can move forward with autonomy.