The change is part of the district s vision 2023 strategic plan. Author: Kathryn Gilker Updated: 7:08 PM CDT April 27, 2021
FORT SMITH, Ark. The 2021-2022 school year will look a little different for Fort Smith Public Schools.
The junior highs will change to middle schools this August. Junior highs currently house seventh, eighth and ninth graders but once they switch to middle schools, they will house sixth, seventh and eighth graders and ninth graders will go to freshmen centers at the high schools.
“Everything I’ve read on it is all positive. A middle school curriculum versus a junior high curriculum I think is going to be better for my kids,” Kirby Cockrum, parent to a Fort Smith Schools student, said.