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Board weighs restoring dissections and adding proof-oriented geometry; curriculum committee to follow up
Summary
The curriculum committee discussed whether to expand dissections beyond honors classes, commissioning cost checks (one board member cited $15,000 for ~300 students) and reviewed a student survey on a possible proof-oriented geometry elective; the committee will seek cost and curriculum proposals.
The board's curriculum committee reported on several instructional issues: dissection practices in biology classes, next steps for a proof-oriented geometry elective, and a proposed CMS schedule change that could add middle-school recess.
Committee members said general biology students at Governor Livingston currently do not perform dissections while honors biology students have…
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