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Berkeley SD 87 reports growth in students taking higher-grade math; staff cite scheduling and staffing limits
Summary
District administrators told the board that enrollment in accelerated math and higher-grade math courses has grown across grade levels; administrators said staffing and class-size balancing keep pushing some students into online, self‑paced options while a small in-person cohort is being supported.
Berkeley SD 87 administrators reported an increase in students taking math courses above their grade level and described staffing and scheduling constraints that limit expansion of in-person offerings.
At the meeting, administration said four students are taking a sophomore-level math course (described as "second high school math course"), about 31 students are enrolled in freshman-level high school math, and roughly 20 seventh-graders are taking eighth-grade math. Administrators said the district "keeps growing that number" year to year if…
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