GEMINI I

Kansans Can School Redesign Project

Twenty-nine Kansas school districts applied for the Kansans Can Redesign Project at its inception. However, only seven could be selected. Thus, the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) developed the Gemini Project and offered the remaining districts an opportunity to take part in the project on a smaller scale. While the districts participating in the Gemini Project didn’t receive onsite coaching from KSDE staff members like the Mercury 7 districts, they did:

• Participate in video Professional Learning Community (PLC) sessions together.
• Set a project launch date that occurs no later than the spring of 2020.
• Participate in opportunities to collaborate with other Gemini and Mercury schools.
• Develop and share a project timeline with KSDE staff members.
• Redesign one elementary school and one secondary school.
• Adhere to the redesign fundamental principles.

Twenty-one school districts accepted the challenge. Many launched with the Mercury schools in 2018-2019 while others continued to plan and launched 2019-2020.  ​