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Exeter updates Soaring Eagle program; adds half-credit financial-literacy requirement for graduating class of 2028
Summary
District officials told the board they will add a half-credit money-management/financial-literacy requirement beginning with the class of 2028, collapse some honors/AP course redundancies, and clarify dual-enrollment contingencies tied to RACC certification.
Administrators presented revisions to the Soaring Eagle program of studies for the 2026–27 school year and beyond at the Dec. 3 Committee of the Whole.
The district will keep the 24-credit graduation requirement but move a half-credit financial-literacy requirement out of the elective column and into a required money-management/financial-literacy course for students graduating 2028 and later. "That course itself is the money management and financial literacy course," an administrator said, adding the district will develop the half-credit course in the spring.
Administrators described a number of program adjustments: consolidation of honors and AP physics into a single course, elimination or suspension of low-enrollment electives (including oceanography and Writing for the 21st Century), and clarification that dual-enrollment offerings are contingent on RACC approval and instructor certification.
Board members asked detailed questions about course naming, AP/honors equivalency and how dual-enrollment credits translate to RACC's credit equivalencies. Administrators said counselors will continue to advise students and that families should consult current-year teachers during course-selection periods.
What’s next: the district will finalize the half-credit financial-literacy course this spring, communicate course equivalencies to counselors and families and bring any required policy updates to the voting agenda.
