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Board weighs dropping graduation project as personal finance becomes required for Class of 2030
Summary
Policy revisions would add a state-required personal finance half‑credit for future freshmen and remove the district graduation project; board members, parents and staff debated equity, staffing costs and implementation before sending the policy through the 30‑day review process.
The Downingtown Area School District presented revisions to graduation policies that would make a personal finance course a local graduation requirement (aligned with the state requirement) for the class of 2030 and remove the district’s longstanding graduation project requirement.
Director Girthi described the revisions as updates to align East, West and STEM graduation pathways with the state’s new personal finance requirement. Administrators said the required course will be a half credit (three days in a six‑day cycle across the school year, with STEM students likely to complete an…
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