Peak to Peak student asks BVSD board to clarify combined honors/standard classes
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Summary
A sixth-grade student at Peak to Peak Charter School told the BVSD board that honors and standard students have been combined in middle-school English without clear differentiation; she asked the district to ensure families receive notice when classes are combined and that honors work is provided as promised.
Naomi Antman, a sixth grader at Peak to Peak Charter School, used the board’s public-participation slot on Sept. 23 to raise concerns about new classroom placement practices at her school.
Antman told the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education that honors and standard students have been combined into the same middle-school classes for several subjects, including English, and that her family did not learn of the change until the school year began. Antman said teachers told families the honors students would receive differentiated, harder work, but she said she had not seen evidence of separate honors assignments and feared advanced students would not have their needs met.
“Before the school year started, my family and I didn’t find out about this until the school year actually started,” Antman said. She asked the board to consider what is being prioritized when schedules combine students and to ensure families have clear notice during school-choice decisions and on Infinite Campus so parents and students understand whether a class is a combined honors/standard section.
Antman added that she does not blame teachers and understands the change was made to address scheduling conflicts; her request was that the district be transparent and ensure honors-level differentiation occurs where promised.
Ending: Board members received the comment during public participation; no formal action was taken at the meeting. Antman’s remarks were entered into the record for district staff and board consideration during ongoing discussions about enrollment, school choice and instructional practice.
