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Trustee urges open enrollment to address equity across Apple Valley high schools; board asks for operational analysis
Summary
Trustee Renee Longshore presented transfer-denial data and urged open enrollment to equalize program access across high schools; fellow trustees and the superintendent expressed concerns about transportation, staffing, facilities and policy constraints and asked cabinet to analyze impacts before community forums.
Trustee Renee Longshore used a spreadsheet during board comments to argue that the district's current transfer process denies students access to programs based on residence and proposed open enrollment to promote equity across Apple Valley Unified high schools.
Longshore said her review found that "241 students from Granite Hills High School were denied transfer to Apple Valley High School" over the past four years and that program access is uneven across campuses. She urged the board to consider prioritizing inter-district transfers and open enrollment to allow parent choice…
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