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Salina board approves four course additions including Integrated Science and early childhood pathway options
Summary
The Salina Public Schools board approved four new course offerings — two early childhood pathway CTE courses, Theater II and an Integrated Science course intended to phase in over time — with trustees discussing assessment alignment and internship hour requirements.
An unidentified curriculum presenter told the board that the district is proposing four course additions: two career and technical education courses in the early childhood pathway (an application-level culminating course and a foundations-level course), a Theater II second-year course, and an Integrated Science course combining earth science with selected chemistry and physics concepts to phase in over time.
The presenter said the application-level early childhood course would be available to students in grades 11 and 12 and include internship experience tied to the Child Development Associate (CDA) certification; interns would begin portfolio work in the course but likely need additional off-site hours to meet the program's 480-hour requirement. On Integrated Science, the presenter said offering that course to incoming ninth-graders could give students earlier exposure to chemistry and physics concepts and better align to the state sequence used for grade-11 assessment.
Board members discussed timeline and assessment implications and noted policy changes related to graduation standards would be considered later as part of KASB renewals. A trustee moved to approve the course proposals as presented; the motion was seconded, and the board approved the additions unanimously.
