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Parents and teachers press Southeast Polk board for clearer criteria on advanced coursework
Summary
At the Nov. 6 board meeting, parents and teachers urged the Southeast Polk Community School District to clarify and change the matrix used to determine access to advanced classes, citing opaque 'stretch growth' thresholds and inconsistent use of teacher recommendations; the board scheduled further discussion for Dec. 11.
At the Nov. 6 meeting of the Southeast Polk Community School District board, parents and district educators pressed administrators for more transparency about how students qualify for advanced and accelerated courses.
Brent Behrens, a parent of two elementary students, told the board his son qualified for math acceleration only after parents pushed for testing. "Our classroom teachers are the subject matter experts," Behrens said, arguing that teacher recommendations should carry more weight in…
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