Reluctantly, they agreed to a 90-day pilot. Chaos. Schedules clashed. A bus full of Harbor Pointe students arrived at Cedar Ridge with no teacher. A North Valley choir member refused to sing with "those Harbor sopranos."
The joint musical— Les Misérables —nearly collapsed when the lead broke her ankle. But a Harbor Pointe understudy stepped in, and North Valley's tech crew built a rolling set piece that became the talk of the district. euhsd synergy
"Synergy," she said, "means the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Starting today, Cedar Ridge’s award-winning robotics lab is open to Harbor Pointe students. Harbor Pointe’s theater department will produce a joint musical with North Valley’s choir. North Valley’s AP science teachers will host online review sessions for all EUHSD students." Reluctantly, they agreed to a 90-day pilot
"The math worked," she said. "We shared three buses instead of six. We combined our library databases. We even shared substitute teachers. Our total cost dropped 28%, but our student outcomes—college acceptances, test scores, arts participation—went up 15%." A bus full of Harbor Pointe students arrived