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Parent urges Southeast Polk board to revise placement matrix limiting freshmen access to advanced courses
Summary
At the Oct. 2 Southeast Polk Community School District board meeting, parent Julie Durer urged the board to review the district's placement matrix, saying it limits access to advanced and STEM classes for incoming ninth graders and lacks published criteria or an appeals process.
A parent urged the Southeast Polk Community School District board on Oct. 2 to overhaul the district's course-placement practices, saying a matrix now used to assign incoming ninth graders is keeping students out of advanced and STEM classes.
Julie Durer, who said she was representing several parents, told the board she attended a junior-high meeting two years ago when administrators said course offerings would not change. "Now for students…
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