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Teachers and parents urge board to tighten oversight of nondistrict online course credits as language and arts cuts worry community
Summary
Multiple teachers, parents and students urged the board to reexamine acceptance of nondistrict (PLI) courses for credit and to protect in‑district world language and arts offerings, arguing summer/online courses can weaken program quality and undermine multi‑year commitments to language study.
Several teachers, students and parents used public comment to press the board to reexamine the district’s approach to nondistrict courses (personalized learning/instruction, PLIs) and to protect world‑language and arts programs that have faced layoffs.
Ashley Hoover, a veteran Spanish teacher at Dougherty Valley High School, said the district’s acceptance of outside online credit is jeopardizing the depth and continuity of…
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