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Board reviews program-of-study proposals; district to propose reverting math sequence to algebra'geometry to address staffing and entry gaps
Summary
District leaders presented proposals to add courses at Chatham Middle School and Chatham High School and a plan to return to a traditional algebra-then-geometry high-school math sequence in 2025'26. Administrators outlined a multi-year transition that includes an "algebra 1 bubble" in the first year of the change.
District curriculum and building leaders presented a set of program-of-study additions for Chatham Middle School and Chatham High School and proposed a change to the high-school-equivalent math sequence.
Presenters included Michael Orsini, principal of Chatham Middle School; Aaron Yamamoto, the district math supervisor; and Doug Walker, principal of Chatham High School. Orsini described new related-arts and humanities-focused electives at the middle school (examples: Middle School 101, Speak Up / public speaking, "Superheroes Unmasked"/comics and storytelling, Stories of Triumph, leadership, and new short rotating music labs including a piano lab, instrument lab and chorus lab), plus STEM…
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