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High school recommends running low‑enrollment electives, asks board to approve courses under 15 students
Summary
District high‑school staff reviewed a list of elective courses with fewer than 15 student requests and recommended combining sections or moving the classes forward to the board’s May legislative agenda rather than canceling them.
Avon Grove High School presented a spring review of courses that currently sit below the district’s 15‑student threshold and recommended the board allow the administration to offer several low‑enrollment electives next year, citing program continuity and the expectation that enrollments will rise before the start of school.
Presenters reviewed the roster of courses (requests at time of reporting): Portfolio Preparation; Accounting II (12 requests but three sections of Accounting I feed into it); Cybersecurity II (new course tied to newly offered Cybersecurity I); AP Music Theory (year‑long, typically run with smaller sections); AP French (11 requests and growing); AP German combined with Honors German IV; AP Spanish Literature and Spanish for Native Speakers (both impacted by a missing Spanish teacher this year); Journalism III (combined across journalism sections); and German III (12 requests). The presentation noted several courses are traditionally small but important for college‑bound or capstone students and that combining parallel sections or waiting for fall add/drop increases enrollment would allow these offerings to run.
"My recommendation, my ask would be that we would move all of these courses forward, to the legislative agenda at the end of the month," the high‑school presenter said.
Why it matters: policy 126 requires board approval when courses fall below 15 students; canceling small, specialized offerings can impede student pathways (AP/portfolio preparation) and reduce program continuity for career highlights (e.g., accounting, world languages, journalism).
Next steps: the administration requested the board move the list to the May legislative agenda for formal approval and will monitor student registrations through summer add/drop to confirm final sectioning plans.
