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Stillwater staff recommend making 8th‑grade global studies a year‑long course
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District curriculum leaders told the school board they recommend changing eighth‑grade global studies from one semester to a full year so teachers can cover all state benchmarks; principals said the move will be cost neutral but will reduce elective time from four semesters to three.
District instructional leaders recommended on Monday that Stillwater Area Public Schools move eighth‑grade global studies from a single semester to a year‑long core course so teachers have time to cover the state’s benchmarks in more depth.
"They teach with their hair on fire," said Anne Giardino, principal at Oakland Middle School, describing global studies teachers trying to cover 48 benchmarks in one semester. Skye Hookstra, the district’s K–12 social studies and ELA supervisor, told the board the change is driven by new state…
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