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Parents, students urge Redwood City board to expand accelerated middle‑school courses; trustees refer policy review
Summary
Students and parents told the board on April 16 that middle schools need more advanced, accelerated coursework to keep high‑ability students engaged and to promote equity; trustees agreed to send the district’s acceleration policy to the policy committee for review and asked staff for fuller research and data.
At the April 16, 2025 meeting of the Redwood City School District Board of Trustees, a series of students, parents and educators urged the board to expand accelerated and honors‑level options at the middle‑school level.
Megan O'Reilly Green, a parent and advocate, told trustees that students who are already scoring at higher grade levels need policy‑level support for acceleration. “We ask that the district consider research that overwhelmingly supports acceleration as a successful academic intervention,” she said, asking the board to reconsider schoolboard policy 5,123 on…
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