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High school proposes ELA restructure, CIS physics and new electives; board debate centers on enrollment-driven removals
Summary
High school leaders proposed a package of course restructures and electives aligned to the new trimester schedule and college‑credit goals, including relabeling ninth‑grade honors as "accelerated," adding AP Seminar, piloting CIS Intro to Physics to replace honors physics, and creating more career and performance electives.
High school administrators presented proposed course additions, renamings and removals designed to align with the district’s new 5x3 trimester schedule and the district goal to increase college credit attainment. The board heard that the proposals will return for approval on Nov. 10.
Russ Reitz, high school principal, and Carrie Barth, associate principal for staffing and scheduling, described the major changes: in ninth grade the district plans to relabel the existing "honors" sequence as "accelerated" to reflect that the same standards will be covered in 24 weeks rather than 36; starting in tenth grade students would have choice among literature and composition pathways; AP Seminar is proposed…
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