Dr. Heather Donaldson Chief Academic Officer Madison City Schools At the February 5th Board of Education meeting, the 2026-2027 middle and high school course offerings were approved.  Madison City Schools (MCS) revises the course offerings annually making changes to our existing courses, adding courses, or removing courses to ensure that we offer a viable curriculum, innovative programs, and experiences that provide the greatest opportunities for our students to excel. Revisi

Recently, our middle school teachers participated in OGAP training, and one theme echoed across every content strand: mathematics is a language. Like any language, understanding depends on consistent and meaningful vocabulary — not just introducing terms, but intentionally maintaining them across lessons, units, and grade levels. A perfect example appears when students learn to divide fractions. In middle school, we carefully teach students that dividing by a fraction means

Every year, Madison City Schools welcomes many new middle and high school teachers to the district. Some teachers join our district with decades of classroom experience from other districts and states; some are recent college graduates; and some come from entirely different careers. We are so excited to welcome our new teachers, and our district and schools work hard to equip them for success in sharing our instructional priorities and best practices through our New Teacher P