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Board opens first reading to add equity language for college‑credit opportunities; debate over AP, IB and Running Start
Summary
The Issaquah School District board opened a first reading to add language to OE‑14 requiring "equitable college credit‑earning opportunities starting in ninth grade," and trustees debated whether that phrasing requires identical programs at every high school or a fairness standard allowing different program mixes.
Board members opened a first reading to modify operational expectation 14 (instructional programming) to add a sentence calling for "equitable college credit‑earning opportunities starting in ninth grade, including advanced placement and College in the High School courses at all comprehensive high schools," language that some trustees supported as clarifying and others said risked implying a requirement of program sameness.
Director Coyne described the…
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