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Students and parents ask Western Placer Unified to add PSAT NMSQT access and reintroduce ethnic-studies-style course
Summary
Parents asked the board to expand access to the PSAT NMSQT for juniors; multiple students urged the board to place a cultural/ethnic-studies course back on the agenda so students can learn comprehensive histories and civic participation skills.
A parent and multiple students urged the Western Placer Unified board to expand academic opportunities for high school students, asking the district to (1) add access to the PSAT NMSQT and (2) reinstate or agendize a cultural/ethnic-studies-style course.
Chris Smith, who identified himself as the parent of students at 12 Bridges High School, asked the board to place the PSAT National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) on a future agenda and to consider offering the test for juniors in 2026. Smith told the board that the NMSQT is the qualifying exam…
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