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J.M. Wright Technical High School, or Wright Tech, is a technical high school located in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Connecticut Technical High School System. Having suspended operations in 2009〔(Connecticut Department of Education Suspends Operations at J.M. Wright Technical High School )〕 due to budgetary restrictions compounded by dismal enrollment and achievement figures, Wright Tech is expected to reopen for the fall of 2014.〔(CTtech - School Information )〕 Prior to closing, the school offered training in seven trades. For the class of 2007, the most popular were automotive, electrical, and hairdressing.〔Killeffer, Al, special correspondent, "58 grads take flight at Wright Tech", article, ''The Advocate'' of Stamford, Connecticut, June 16, 2007, accessed via newsbank.com on January 4, 2008〕 Students come from Stamford, Norwalk, Easton, Fairfield, Weston, Wilton, Westport, New Canaan, Greenwich, and Bridgeport. In recent years, more students have been coming from the immediate Stamford area. In the class of 2008, 38 percent of students were from local school districts and 62 percent from Bridgeport. However, in the class of 2011, 82 percent of students were from Stamford.〔"Give Wright Tech the chance to succeed", editorial, ''The Advocate'' of Stamford, Connecticut, November 14, 2007, accessed via newsbank.com on January 4, 2008〕 Trailblazers Academy, a charter school with 150 students in grades 6 through 8 and run by the nonprofit Domus Foundation of Stamford, was housed in the Wright Tech building starting 2000,〔Gosier, Chris, "Wright Tech upgrades delayed", article, ''The Advocate'' of Stamford, Connecticut, November 22, 2007, accessed via newsbank.com on January 4, 2008〕 though it has since moved to downtown Stamford. Many Trailblazers students are those who have struggled in traditional schools.〔(Trailblazers Aacademy )〕 As of the 2006-2007 school year, about 98 percent of the students were from Stamford.〔Gosier, Chris, "Legal issue may push charter school out of Wright Tech", article, ''The Advocate'' of Stamford, Connecticut, July 19, 2007, accessed via newsbank.com on January 4, 2008〕 ==Struggles to improve the school== The school is one of 14 in the state called "dropout factories" by education researchers, as 60 percent of the freshman class end up leaving school before graduating.〔"14 Schools in state on list", ''The Hartford Courant'' October 30, 2007, accessed via newsbank.com on January 4, 2008〕 Sid Abramowitz, principal since 2005, announced in March 2008 that he would step down at the end of his third school year.〔Gosier, Chris, "Wright Tech principal to retire: Abramowitz credited with reforming school", ''The Advocate'', March 6, 2008, pp 1, A4〕 Under Abramowitz' administration, school uniforms became a requirement and a system was established to hold teachers accountable for student lateness and other behavioral problems. In 2007, 66 percent of the school's sophomores met the reading proficiency standard of the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), up from 32 percent in 2006.〔 Entrance requirements also became more stringent.〔Gosier, Chris, "Wright Tech changes postponed for a year", article, ''The Advocate'' of Stamford, Connecticut, November 16, 2007, accessed via newsbank.com on January 4, 2008〕 A $41 million plan to renovate the school, including upgrading classrooms and improving technology, was postponed in 2007 because, state officials said, vocational schools in Groton and Norwich were found to be in more urgent need of the money. The renovation plans included upgrading all classrooms, installing air conditioning, and providing new technology for the culinary arts, auto repair and other programs.〔 An expanded library and a new two-story atrium at the front entrance are also a part of the plan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. M. Wright Technical High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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