Council Rock posts online high-school planning guide; personal finance set as 0.5-credit requirement for class of 2030

Tammy Garrett, the district’s supervisor of curriculum and instruction, told the education committee the high-school program planning guide has been converted from a Word booklet to an online, searchable page that went public Jan. 1. She demonstrated features including a language-translation dropdown, a site search function, accordion-style course descriptions, career pathway pages and links to course progression information. Garrett said the online format is intended to be easier for families, counselors and students to use during scheduling.

Garrett also explained that the state requires personal finance instruction and that Council Rock has made the subject a 0.5-credit graduation requirement for the incoming ninth-grade cohort (class of 2030). "For the class, incoming class of ninth graders class of 2,030, this will be a requirement," she said. The district is still finalizing where and when the 0.5 credit will appear in individual students’ sequences and will provide more scheduling guidance to families as counselors complete planning.

Garrett said additional curriculum changes tied to new state science standards will be presented to the board for review; approved materials and course documents will be posted on the district site or shared as PDFs until the district-wide curriculum platform (Atlas) is fully available.

The board asked for clarity on the timing and the elective vs. required placement; Garrett and other administrators said families have four years to complete the 0.5 credit and that scheduling will be coordinated by counselors.