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Tempe Union board reviews data showing racial disparities in advanced and gifted programs and outlines follow-up steps
Summary
Board presentation found Hispanic students underrepresented in AP and gifted programs and overrepresented in Title I, while white and Asian students were often overrepresented in advanced tracks. Trustees asked for counselor outreach, tri-district work and a review of gifted testing and summer program access.
Tempe Union High School District officials on Tuesday presented enrollment data showing persistent racial and programmatic disproportionality across district programs, and the governing board discussed next steps including counseling outreach, feeder-district collaboration and a review of gifted identification methods.
Dr. Lehi and a district data presenter walked the board through charts that compare each subgroup's share of a program against its share of total enrollment. The presenter said the district chose a 10–percentage-point cutoff to flag significant over- or underrepresentation and cautioned that small subgroup counts (for example, 18 freshmen in AP) can magnify percentage differences.
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