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Lynnbrook administrators preview state diploma changes and local curriculum shifts including Coursera, AP Seminar and writing lab move
Summary
At the Jan. 22 work session, district curriculum staff outlined how proposed state changes to diploma requirements could dovetail with local plans to expand electives, pilot AP Seminar and reorganize middle‑school schedules to strengthen literacy and elective access.
District curriculum leaders told the Board of Education the state’s proposed changes to graduation requirements could accelerate local efforts to broaden student pathways and shift how the district schedules middle‑ and high‑school coursework.
Dr. Bleckus (staff member) told the board that state materials describe the “cohort of 2025” as the current eighth graders and that the State Education Department’s proposal would, if adopted, remove many Regents passing requirements and replace multiple diploma types with a single New York State high‑school diploma supplemented by seals and other credentials. “When the state department talks about the cohort of, 2025, they are talking about our current…
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