Board adopts RCHS curriculum changes that add CTE and dual‑credit options
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The board discussed and advanced the 2026–27 RCHS curriculum guide, adding courses including dual‑credit finite math, podcasting, child development II (with workforce placements and certification), industrial safety (OSHA certification), intro to engineering, basic woodworking and beginning machining; several OCC dual‑credit classes were removed after OCC discontinued those programs.
Administrators presented proposed changes to the RCHS 2026–27 curriculum guide and asked the board to approve additions and deletions.
Additions include a dual‑credit finite math course for upper‑level students, a hands‑on podcasting course focused on audio production and short‑form episodes, child development II (which would place students in local daycares and certify them to work in the state), industrial safety (offering OSHA certification), an intro to engineering course for career exploration, a basic woodworking course and beginning machining leading into machine tool technology. Administrators said Mr. Ellison would teach the new trades classes.
Removals proposed include Math 4 (low enrollment), beginning construction (to be absorbed into construction trades classes), and several OCC‑provided dual‑credit programs — information technology, networks, and auto body tech — which OCC has discontinued.
Board members asked for clearer parent communications; administrators agreed to prepare packets and social media posts explaining pathway changes and placement testing for current eighth graders. The board approved the curriculum guide.