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South Pasadena High senior asks board to classify yearbook as Visual and Performing Arts course to boost participation

South Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education · November 4, 2025
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A South Pasadena High senior told the board the yearbook class teaches photography, design and leadership skills and asked that Cop de Oro be recognized as a VPA course to reduce students' course-load duplication and help enrollment.

Willow Baughman, a senior at South Pasadena High School, told the board during public comment on Nov. 4 that the school’s yearbook class, Cop de Oro, should be designated a Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) course. She said the class teaches photography, editing, design, leadership and teamwork and that adding VPA designation could increase enrollment by allowing students to satisfy VPA requirements without taking an additional…

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