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Robertson assistant principal urges AP Seminar and values course as new graduation requirement
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Daniel Wayland presented a graduate profile and recommended adding AP Seminar with a preparatory values-clarification course to the district graduation options; the board asked about staffing and agreed to have administration amend policy language for a future reading.
Daniel Wayland, assistant principal at Robertson High School, presented the district’s proposed graduate profile and recommended curricular changes to support the profile, including adopting AP Seminar and a prerequisite ‘values clarification’ course.
Wayland said AP Seminar offers portfolio and group presentation elements that align with district goals — academic applied learning, civic engagement and future planning — and argued the course could be accessible to a broad range of students because more than half the AP seminar grade is based on work done prior to the timed test.
He described the Cardinal Scholars recognition process and a portfolio-based selection that would include SAT scores, a schedule review and a written argument by applicants. Wayland recommended a three-person selection committee and said that the values-clarification course would scaffold the skills students need for AP Seminar.
Board discussion focused on staffing and teacher training; administration noted the AP Seminar content can be taught by instructors across endorsements after college-board training. Trustees voiced support for the approach but emphasized this was a discussion item; administration said it would amend the graduation policy to include the two courses and bring revised policy language to the next meeting for a first reading.
