Lewisburg high school adds Algebra II for ninth grade and new electives for 2025–26

District administrators presented proposed course offerings for the 2025–26 high-school schedule at the April 10 meeting, including an Algebra II option targeted to ninth graders and new elective additions.

The administration described Algebra II (grade 9) as a change to address students advancing more quickly through the middle-school math sequence; the geometry course previously offered to ninth graders will be adjusted accordingly. For students completing Algebra II in ninth grade, administrators outlined potential follow-up courses such as advanced algebra and trigonometry or college-algebra/precalculus pathways.

New elective additions listed for 2025–26 included Creative Writing II (prerequisite: Creative Writing I), Culinary Arts II (an extension of existing culinary programming including baking and pastry), and Digital Art (to be added as the art department’s new elective with a prerequisite of Graphic Design). The course “News in a Changing Climate” remained listed but did not run this year due to insufficient enrollment; the administration kept it on the books as an option.

Personal Finance will move from a 0.25-credit offering to a 0.5-credit course to align with a state standard mandate; the administration said that change prompted removal of the shorter High School Seminar and the Surviving the Real World course from next year’s offerings to avoid overlap and to free schedule space.

Administrators asked the board to note these are proposed offerings; final sections depend on student scheduling and enrollment following the board’s approval of course listings and subsequent scheduling work by counselors and building principals.