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Board reviews new courses including American Sign Language, CAP options and standards updates
Summary
District staff presented multiple curriculum updates: ASL 1 for possible CAP credit with UW Oshkosh, a renamed Spanish for Heritage Speakers course, Journalism 2, CAP speech and updates to music, theater, EL transcripts and CTE pathways.
Administrators presented a package of curriculum and pathway updates for board consideration, highlighting new course offerings and possible college-credit (CAP) options.
The board heard a proposal to add American Sign Language 1 at the high-school level, which district staff said could be offered for college credit through UW Oshkosh as a CAP class. Annie Levnick, an instructor proposed for the course, told trustees ASL can meet world-language requirements at many colleges and can support pathways to interpreter training and teacher of the deaf/hard-of-hearing programs.
Other course changes presented included a title revision of Spanish for Heritage Speakers (formerly Spanish for Spanish Speakers), a new Journalism 2 semester course intended to expand student media offerings, and CAP Speech (a general-education speech class through UW Oshkosh) with estimated one-time materials costs. Music and theater courses were revised to align to updated state standards; English Learner course transcript coding was corrected to reflect two-year programs so studentstranscripts show correct units; and Life Skills Training was renamed EmpowerED and aligned to updated family and consumer sciences standards.
Career and technical education updates included Microsoft Academy certification alignment in business/IT, accounting restructured into Accounting 1/2 with CAP credits for Accounting 2, and new semester marketing courses (retail merchandising, social-media marketing) designed to connect students with dual-credit and work-based learning opportunities.
Board members asked about minimum viable enrollment for ASL and logistics for offering a course across three high schools; staff said the class would likely run with mid-20s enrollment and that virtual or blended options and site scheduling would be explored. The financial impact cited in the meeting: roughly $3,700 for ASL start-up materials and about $4,500 for CAP Speech text and materials; other CAP fees are about $110 per credit for students.
Administrators said many of the proposals return to the board at a future meeting for formal approval.
