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Mason board reviews first readings for data science and new middle‑school electives
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The board heard first readings of a high‑school Data Science Foundations course (possible Algebra II replacement) and three middle‑school electives — Career Connections, Interest Explorer Lab, and Journey Through Food — with second reading and votes expected in December.
School leaders presented first readings of several course proposals intended to expand career and STEM pathways and to comply with changing state middle‑school career‑technical education requirements.
Dr. Cooper and Dr. Brennan outlined three middle‑school course proposals — Career Connections, Interest Explorer Lab and Journey Through Food — and a high‑school Data Science Foundations course. Dr. Brennan said the data science course has been piloted and is now permitted by the Ohio Department of Education as a potential substitute for Algebra II; if approved it would connect students to state networks of educators developing the curriculum. "It's an exciting, in‑demand field," Brennan said of the data‑science pathway.
Middle‑school proposals are designed in part to satisfy a recently changed state requirement that middle schools must offer a career‑technical education option rather than apply for a waiver; the district plans to use these electives to introduce students to the 16 career clusters in the state framework and to link those options to classroom and XLP experiential opportunities. Dr. Brennan invited families to attend Experience Mason Quality Teaching and Learning Night next Wednesday for more detail and said the courses will return for a second reading and vote in December.
