Oneonta High School
Individualized & Focused Academic Opportunity
Oneonta City Schools
Principal: Mr. Jeff Jones
Superintendent: Mr. Craig Sosebee
Recognizing that Oneonta High School was not fully meeting the needs of all students, Academic Opportunity (AO) was first implemented in the Fall of 2023. Academic Opportunity provided a period of thirty-five minutes every Tuesday and Thursday where students had access to a variety of sessions to meet their specific needs. Teachers created sessions based upon the specific needs within their classroom content and assessments. Each core department was allocated a first priority day every other week, granting them the opportunity to select students for their AO sessions. Students who were not selected by a teacher could then select sessions based upon their own need. Examples of sessions included intervention, remediation, enrichment, ACT prep, reading lab, math tutoring lab, study hall, non-core academic sessions, individual and small group guidance counseling, career coach counseling, etc. As a result of this highly individualized program, Oneonta High School saw positive results in academic and behavioral outcomes which included a reduction in the number of failed classes, a reduction in office discipline referrals, and improvements in graduation rate as well as college and career readiness indicators. Without question, the implementation of Academic Opportunity allowed Oneonta High School to best meet the needs of ALL students.
