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Curriculum committee forwards four course proposals including AP Seminar and cybersecurity‑focused AP Computer Science Principles
Summary
The Waunakee curriculum committee agreed to send four proposed courses — including a replacement English 10 AP Seminar and an AP Computer Science Principles cybersecurity variant — to the full committee for review; presenters said the new offerings are expected to be FTE‑neutral.
The Waunakee Community School District curriculum committee voted to forward four proposed courses to the full committee for review after a presentation by Tim Shell.
Shell said two proposals would extend existing high‑school models into middle schools (an EL English offering and a Unified PE) and two would update the high‑school catalog. "AP Seminar is one of two courses in what the College Board calls their AP Capstone Program," he said, describing AP Seminar as a course that combines research projects and an exam rather than relying solely on a single test score. The proposal lists an estimated enrollment of 70 students for the English 10 AP Seminar course.
The package also includes "AP Computer Science Principles — Cybersecurity," a yearlong offering Shell described as a replacement for a rarely run IT Hardware Essentials course. Shell said the cybersecurity variant grew out of prior work by staff and alumni feedback and is expected to run one to two sections when authorized.
Board members pressed presenters on staffing impacts. Shell said the four courses were planned to be "FTE neutral," though they could require internal shifts in assignments. After discussion, a motion to send the proposals to the full committee for review was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the record reflects a voice affirmative response but does not list a roll‑call tally.
Next steps: the proposals will go through the committee review and course‑administration process before course scheduling and final approval. The committee did not adopt the courses at this meeting; it referred them onward for fuller review.
