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Board debates tougher graduation requirements, dual‑enrollment limits and A/B course cycle to protect in‑house rigor
Summary
Administrators proposed requiring core graduation credits to be completed in‑house, raising science credits from three to four (to 23 total), and adopting an A/B rotating course schedule; board members pressed for enforceable dual‑enrollment criteria and improved scheduling optimization.
Board members and administrators spent the second half of the meeting focused on high‑school course sequencing, scheduling and dual‑enrollment controls.
High‑school staff argued the district should ensure core graduation requirements are completed in‑house and proposed increasing science graduation credits from three to four, which would raise the district credit requirement from 22 to 23. "All graduation requirements must be completed in‑house," an administrator presenting the recommendation said, framing dual enrollment as a supplemental option rather than a replacement for required coursework.
To address the chronic problem of small AP classes and…
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