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Issaquah School Board rejects emergency monitoring report for instructional program after heated debate on AP/IB equity
Summary
The Issaquah School District Board voted against accepting the emergency monitoring report for Operational Expectation 14 (instructional program) following extended discussion about whether Skyline High School students have equitable access to college-credit opportunities compared with students at Liberty and Issaquah high schools.
The Issaquah School District Board of Directors voted no on the emergency monitoring report for Operational Expectation 14, which covered the district's instructional program for the 2024'25 school year through May 29, 2025.
Board members spent more than an hour debating whether the district provides equitable access to college-credit earning opportunities across its three comprehensive high schools. Director Gallagher said Skyline students currently face an "inequitable" situation because many students there have fewer chances to earn college credits in ninth and 10th grade compared with students at Liberty and Issaquah high schools. "This is where Skyline students have half the opportunity to earn college credits. And that's not okay for me," Gallagher said.
Superintendent Dr. Dana Bailey and academic staff described recent changes intended to expand college-credit pathways: new AP and…
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