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Board debates CTE wording and a local 'portrait of a graduate' while staff frames timeline
Summary
Trustees asked staff to revise language that could require two CTE credits for every student, citing conflicts for IB students; staff said a district Portrait of a Graduate process is planned over multiple years and would not immediately alter the current strategic plan.
The Salt Lake City School District board spent an extended discussion on proposed revisions to the district’s strategic plan for student achievement, focusing on whether language requiring students to take two Career & Technical Education (CTE) credits could unintentionally exclude International Baccalaureate (IB) students.
Board member Ashley Anderson raised the concern that the strategic plan text—on its face—might require “all students” to complete two CTE credits, which she said would impose a scheduling conflict for some IB students at schools that do not offer appropriate CTE courses. “I don't support an aspect of the strategic plan that would exclude some students when it's meant for all students,” Anderson…
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