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AP participation, new attendance tracking and sudden CSI funding cut shape district priorities
Summary
Administrators reported rising AP enrollment and improved mean scores, explained a new attendance-tracking method (Synergy) that changed how absences are calculated, and described a last-minute Pennsylvania Department of Education CSI funding cut of more than $200,000 that forced elimination of some specialist positions and a targeted room (R3).
District curriculum leaders presented AP equity-and-excellence results for 2024–25, reporting increased course enrollment and higher participation rates: Liberty had 755 students enrolled in AP courses with an 87% exam participation rate; Freedom had 702 AP enrollees and an 84.47% participation rate. Mean exam scores rose modestly (Liberty 2.87; Freedom 3.3). District staff noted the local metric defines "equity and excellence" as 70% of course takers scoring 3 or higher and also described the College Board's APPI measure (percentage of graduates with a 3+ on at least one exam).…
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