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Parents, educators urge APS to reverse decision moving health education graduation requirement to eighth grade
Summary
Multiple public speakers at the Feb. 5 Albuquerque Public Schools board meeting urged trustees to reconsider a Jan. 15 decision to make the health-education graduation requirement an eighth-grade course rather than ninth grade, citing developmental differences and curriculum scope.
Several speakers at the Albuquerque Public Schools board public forum on Feb. 5 urged trustees to reverse a Jan. 15 decision to move the district's health-education graduation requirement from ninth to eighth grade, arguing that the high-school curriculum covers content not appropriate for younger students.
Dr. Christine Muir, who recently retired as APS executive director for student, family and community supports and previously developed health education standards for the state, told the board that middle- and high-school health standards differ in subject matter and developmental expectations. "There are…
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