TRAVERSE CITY — Courtade Elementary School will host a new Montessori program this fall.
Traverse City Area Public Schools announced the East Bay Township site will house the new program for students ages 3 to 8.
It will be the district's second Montessori program. Glenn Loomis houses TCAPS' existing program, which started in 2001 at Central Grade School.
"The program, in essence, is a program within the existing school," Associate Superintendent Jayne Mohr said, of the Courtade Montessori.
TCAPS is now accepting student applications and will post openings for new teacher positions. Mohr is not sure how many students will enroll. The additional Montessori classes will not impact Courtade's existing students or attendance boundaries.
Michelle Kitts, president of Courtade's parent-teacher organization, welcomed the news.
"It's more parents at our school, and as a parent in the PTO, that means more people to help," Kitts said. "My first thought is: That's more kids, and that's more families. I'm happy about it."
Mohr said Courtade initially will offer a primary Montessori class for students 3 to 5 years old and a lower-elementary class for students 6 to 8. In 2013, the district hopes to extend classes to older students.
A community survey by the district last fall showed interest in an east-side Montessori program. District officials will reopen Acme Township's Bertha Vos Elementary School this fall to offer an International Baccalaureate program. The district had planned to also host a Montessori program at Bertha Vos, but dropped that idea because of conflicting teaching criteria and IB guidelines.
Kitts said there is plenty of room for the new program at Courtade, which the district renovated and expanded to accommodate Bertha Vos students after it closed in 2008. Kitts' own children are former Bertha Vos students who moved to Courtade.
"At first I was angry, but then I realized it doesn't really matter," she said. "Yes, you grow to love a building, but it's really the people that matter."
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