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Beginning this school year, W. A. Bass Middle School closed and relocated to McKissack Middle. McKissack Middle currently houses students from Grades 6th through 8th grade. Our 6th grade is divided into two academic teams, and we have one 7th grade team and one 8th grade team. McKissack Middle offers AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) classes for 7th and 8th graders. We currently offer high school credit courses in the area: Algebra One (7th grade), Algebra One (8th grade),Geometry (8th grade) and Physical Science (8th grade). We offer advance courses in every grade level in the area of mathematics, reading and language. McKissack Middle consists of a fifty-three (54) member staff. The staff includes two administrators, twenty-seven classroom teachers, one guidance counselor, one library media specialist, one special education assistant, one Home/School Coordinator, one secretary/bookkeeper, one secretary clerk, one library clerk, half-time guidance clerk, five custodians, four cafeteria workers, one In-School Suspension teacher, two campus supervisors, one part-time nurse, one Centerstone counselor, one School Resource Officer, and one full-time STARS (Students Taking A Right Stand) counselor. McKissack Middle School has five pencil partners: Centennial Medical Center, West End Community Church, Healthways, Mary Mims and City of Life Corporation.