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Munster expands pre-AP pathway; district reports large PSAT gains
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Colleen Bergner told the School Town of Munster board the district re-sequenced high‑ability math and expanded pre‑AP courses across middle and high school, citing increased enrollment, low drop rates and mean PSAT gains across cohorts.
Assistant Superintendent Colleen Bergner told the School Town of Munster Board of School Trustees on the high‑ability presentation that the district revised course sequencing to compress standards and expand access to pre‑AP coursework from middle school into the high school.
Bergner said the district compressed third‑ and fourth‑grade math standards so students identified after second grade do not “skip a whole year of math,” and that the middle school compacted sixth and seventh grade standards into a double‑blocked course for students identified at the end of fifth grade. She described a pathway that places pre‑AP algebra and geometry earlier so students can reach AP‑level courses in high school.
The presentation tied the curriculum changes to…
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