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Teachers, parents at Santa Rosa meeting urge multiple math pathways, warn against premature acceleration
Summary
At public comment during the Jan. 7 study session, teachers and parents urged that math courses be aligned to student readiness, asked that 'Algebra with financial implications' remain an accessible third-year option rather than equated to UC Math 3, and pressed the board to protect pathways that support equity and college access.
Several teachers and parents used the Jan. 7 public-comment period to press the board on math placement and pathway equity.
Carol Christensen, who identified herself as a high-school math teacher, asked why all freshmen are not placed in calculus if the board’s goal is universal calculus completion, and then answered her own rhetorical question: placing students into courses for which they are…
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