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REA member tells board middle-school electives proposal was rushed and unrepresentative
Summary
A representative identifying himself as Mike, speaking for the Rockford Education Association, told the board that a June 4 instructional-council proposal would remove many middle-school electives and that the proposal bypassed contractual processes and relied on a small, principal-selected student survey.
"Mike," who identified concerns on behalf of the Rockford Education Association, told the board during public comment that a proposal discussed at the Instructional Council would remove a long list of middle-school electives.
He said the affected courses include beginning computer applications, environmental science, introduction to theater, multi-language lab, Spanish foundations and Spanish 1, French 1, a range of visual-arts classes, choir at multiple levels, medical science and PLTW medical detectives, STEM, high-school…
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