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Watchung Hills previews curriculum changes, assessment schedule and draft AI guidelines; spectating code and phone policy updated
Summary
The district previewed revisions to seven courses plus a new Foundations of Creative Design course for 2025–26, outlined a fall window for NJ DOE field testing of adaptive assessments, and said draft AI classroom guidelines are in development. The board also previewed a spectator conduct policy and an updated electronic communications policy aligning practice with classroom cell‑phone pouches.
District leaders used the Sept. 9 work session to preview several operational items that will appear on upcoming agendas.
Principal Lavera told trustees the curriculum committee revised seven existing courses and added one new course, Foundations of Creative Design, with full curriculum documents placed in the committee folder and a preview on the board agenda. The assessment coordinator, Mister D'Alessio, said the New Jersey Department of Education will field‑test a…
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