As many students know, Mrs. Kim Webb, has left the building. The former MST coordinator left her job at North for a new one assisting the middle schools with their technology programs.

Some more things have also been updated. The school has a new coordinator and the MST office has been moved.

“[Mrs. Webb] got that fabulous promotion helping out the middle schools,” said Mrs. Sherry Hansford, the new MST coordinator.

Before running the MST program, Mrs. Hansford was the Special Education Department Head. Although, she’s no stranger to other departments. Mrs. Hansford taught science for 14 years, and before that she taught social studies.

Mrs. Hansford replaced Webb after the school year started, and the first order of business was to move the MST office downstairs. The new MST office is located near the attendance office.

“There is a box in the foyer to put observation sheets in, required by sophomores, as well as some hints for better quality papers that we expect of MST students,” Mrs. Hansford said. “It [the box for observation hours] will keep the students from having to go though the office just to turn in observation hours.”

The MST program was started because people wanted to have an alternate from the IB program offered at Garland High School.

“The IB program is really hard, and most students who get into it have to drop some of the classes they get into,” Mrs. Hansford said.

The MST program has evolved from its original form when it was brought to North Garland. They have since varied the requirements for the different grade levels and also added observation hours for the sophomores.

“The observation hours are supposed to be useful in helping students become more responsible,” Mrs. Hansford said. “And it also introduces sophomores to the projects they would need to join as a junior.”

The observation hours do not need to be a whole report on the doings of the people in the project, but it does need a minimum of three sentences.