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Students, parents and teachers press Ithaca district to restore AP Calculus BC seats
Summary
Lian Zhu, a parent of a rising Ithaca High School sophomore, told the Facilities and Finance committee that "AP Calculus BC is reduced to 1 class section" and that many students who planned for the course will be denied enrollment this fall.
Lian Zhu, a parent of a rising Ithaca High School sophomore, told the Facilities and Finance committee that "AP Calculus BC is reduced to 1 class section" and that many students who planned for the course will be denied enrollment this fall. Zhu said guardians learned the change informally and called the lack of official notice a transparency and equity failure.
The concern was echoed by several students and parents. "This issue runs very deep for our class," said Cornelia Yee, an Ithaca High junior, who urged the district to "restore the second section of AP Calculus BC" so upperclassmen and underclassmen can continue in sequence without creating a lottery that leaves some students behind. Parent Nina Cohn…
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