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Edison administration to review STEM Academy application criteria and move to double seats
Summary
A resident urged removing geometry as an application requirement for the STEM Academy; administrators said they will review the criteria and Dr. O'Reilly said the district plans to increase capacity from 24 to 48 seats and improve parent communications about prerequisites.
During public comment Tarendra Lakankar urged the board to allow more students to apply to the district STEM Academy by removing geometry as a mandatory application criterion.
"Let's be inclusive. Let's not follow the pre colonized kind of era where you are geometry only you can come in," Lakankar said, urging the board to permit applications from students who may not yet have…
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