Superintendent Updates Trustees on Intermediate Reorganization

Superintendent Beth McCoy updated the Huntington School Board on the district’s plans to reorganize Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School and Woodhull Intermediate School beginning next September with incoming fourth graders. The update was provided during a public meeting of trustees on Monday evening.

Once the plan is fully implemented, Flower Hill School and Washington School students will attend Jack Abrams School and Southdown School and Jefferson School students will attend Woodhull School. This will begin in September with fourth graders.

Mrs. McCoy said that siblings will be grandfathered in at the current intermediate building upon request and to the greatest extent possible. Special circumstances could apply based upon student needs and programs.

SEARCH/Math Olympiads/FIRST Lego League:

• SEARCH Units of Study – Grades 5 and 6 – SEARCH classes will take place during the school day for an 80 minute block for students who qualify.

• Math Olympiads Club – Grades 5 and 6 – Math Olympiads Club will take place twice a month outside of the school day for students who qualify based on established criteria.

• FIRST Lego League – Grade 6 - *Ten sixth graders in each intermediate building will be selected for the competition team, based on the same criteria that is currently utilized. All students will be exposed to FIRST Lego League content during Innovation Lab period.

Instructional Implications Overview:

• Grade 4 – Project based learning/Project Lead the Way – Weekly instruction throughout the school year for each intermediate building.

• Grades 5 and 6 – Leaders Who LEAD and Innovation Lab – Two classes per week throughout the school year at the intermediate level.

• Dual language – Two sections of dual language will be offered in both intermediate buildings in grade 4 starting in 2026/27.

Curriculum & Instruction:

• Project based learning/Project Lead the Way (Grade 4) – curriculum alignment in progress.

• Learners Who LEAD (Grades 5 and 6) – curriculum alignment in progress.

• Innovation Lab (Grades 5 and 6) – curriculum alignment in progress.

• Science (Grades 4 and 5) – December program review with pilot in January.

• Science and Social Studies (Grade 6) – Explore Spanish materials for dual language classes.

Dual language program:

• Current third grade dual language students at Jefferson and Southdown will attend Woodhull in the 2026/27 school year.

• Current third grade dual language students at Flower Hill and Washington will attend Jack Abrams in the 206/27 school year.

• Current fifth grade dual language students at Woodhull will continue the program as sixth graders in the 2026/27 school year. Their science and social studies instruction will take place in Spanish.

District officials are incorporating any costs associated with the reorganization into the 2026/27 budget. Transportation for intermediate clubs is being explored from a budgetary standpoint.

“A letter will be sent at the end of January requesting parents to submit their child’s name if they would like their child to attend the school their sibling attended, rather than the school of location based on their address,” Mrs. McCoy said. “Responses will be due back at the end of February. Grade four orientations will take place at the end of August for incoming Jack Abrams and Woodhull students.”