Board reviews course‑selection changes including state‑required personal‑finance course
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Summary
Superintendent presented proposed 2026–27 course changes: adding AP business with personal finance to meet a state graduation requirement, student publications and AP music theory; the board discussed removing standalone trigonometry (embedding trig into precalculus) and debated expanding required PE credits.
The Dover Area School District reviewed proposed changes to the 2026–27 course selection guide, including additions required by state policy and locally proposed curricular adjustments.
Dr. Hauck summarized five major changes: three course additions — AP business with personal finance (to comply with a state graduation requirement), student publications (consolidating journalism and yearbook), and AP music theory — and two removals (creative communications, not run since 2021, and stand‑alone trigonometry because its content would be embedded across precalculus and geometry).
Board members pressed for details on staffing and student access: a committee recommended adoption of the guide and Dr. Hauck said paper copies and links to College Board frameworks were available. Directors debated physical education requirements and whether a half‑credit of PE is sufficient; Dr. Hauck and other administrators said adding graduation requirements (including the new personal‑finance mandate) will require additional sections and hiring (estimated roughly nine or ten additional sections for the personal‑finance requirement).
What’s next: the committee recommended the course guide for board consideration and administrators will provide cost and staffing figures to inform a vote at the upcoming meeting.