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West sophomore and parent urge district to restore AP French 5, criticize communication
Summary
Students and a parent told the Waukesha School District board that the district abruptly told students AP French 5 would be discontinued, leaving current students without the option to complete the full AP sequence and alleging poor communication with staff and families.
Kyra McCarthy, a sophomore at Waukesha West High School, told the School District of Waukesha Board of Education on March 12 that the district’s decision to discontinue AP French 5 will prevent a cohort from completing a rolling curriculum they began in middle school.
“The school district is stopping my education by only providing half of a curriculum,” Kyra McCarthy said during the meeting’s public comment period, describing that French 4 at West currently covers the first three units of the AP French 5 syllabus and that students expected to complete the remaining units the following year to prepare for the AP exam.
The concern centers on three alternatives the speaker said were presented to students: quit French,…
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