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Forest Hills board reviews course-catalog changes, budget update and recommended capital awards
Summary
At its Jan. 12 meeting, Forest Hills Public Schools reviewed proposed high-school course deletions and additions (including AI Foundations, AP cybersecurity and a health careers certificate), reviewed budget amendments that increased projected revenue by about $3 million, and discussed recommended contract awards and a security-system purchase; a public commenter urged reverting the media-reconsideration policy.
Forest Hills Public Schools’ board received a curriculum and finance update on Jan. 12 that covered high-school course-catalog changes, multi-fund budget amendments, recommended contract awards for capital projects and a vendor purchase to upgrade door access controls.
Curriculum and course catalog: The district presented proposed course deletions (noting low enrollment in intermediate/advanced French sequences including French 4 and AP French at Eastern) and several additions and revisions across the three high schools. Planned additions and changes included concepts of geometry at Central, AP Research (as a partner to AP Seminar) at Eastern and Central, a new AI Foundations and Ethics course (initially offered at Northern), AP cybersecurity at all three high schools, an AP business & personal finance…
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