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Lawton district shifts pathways, urges Algebra I for current eighth-graders after 2024 graduation-rule change
Summary
Superintendent Haim said a 2024 change in graduation requirements prompted Lawton Public Schools to adjust course pathways, encourage Algebra I in eighth grade and reconfigure electives to avoid constraining students' options for internships and career-technical courses.
Superintendent Haim said Lawton Public Schools is adjusting course sequencing and encouraging this year’s eighth-graders to take Algebra I after legislators changed graduation requirements in 2024.
The shift is intended to prevent students from being forced into a schedule of only required academic courses that would crowd out career-technical classes, internships and other electives the district promotes as part of its pathway model.
Haim told listeners on the district podcast Time with…
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