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Board OKs several curriculum pilots and AP offerings, including AP Business/Personal Finance and AP Cybersecurity
Summary
The board approved pilot courses and curriculum documents including AP Business with Personal Finance, AP Cybersecurity, Integrated Statistics & Quantitative Reasoning (ISQR) pilot MOU and ISQR curriculum document; CCAP also reported close votes and a procedural vote error on a gaming proposal.
The Mesa Public Schools board approved a package of curriculum pilots and course changes on Wednesday that will add new elective options and clarify course crediting.
CCAP (Community Curriculum Advisory Panel) chair Rachel Bostock summarized recent committee votes and flagged a recording error that affected one proposal. The board voted to approve several items including:
• A request to award a full credit (one year) composed of an existing half‑credit economics and a half‑credit government for an IB‑level year‑long course (approved 5–0).
• A memorandum of understanding with the Arizona Department of Education to participate in development and piloting of Integrated Statistics & Quantitative Reasoning (ISQR), and the corresponding ISQR curriculum document (both approved 5–0). Dr. Eastlis said participating teachers will receive professional learning and stipends to develop and implement pilot modules.
• AP Business with Personal Finance and AP Cybersecurity courses to be offered as pilot options (board approved AP Business with Personal Finance and AP Cybersecurity 5–0). Administration noted AP and CTE certification requirements for teachers and said program costs would be identified as courses are implemented.
CCAP also discussed a proposed gaming concepts course; vote irregularities on the committee meant that item will not move forward to the board at this time.
Board members asked for syllabus‑level details and for CCAP to continue bringing more complete course frameworks (not just competency documents) so the board and parents can see unit plans, resources and lesson expectations before courses are implemented at scale.
