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Gilroy Unified board approves shift from integrated math to traditional algebra-geometry-algebra 2 pathway
Summary
After teacher pilots, cohort test data and public discussion, the board voted to phase in a return to the traditional Algebra 1–Geometry–Algebra 2 (AGA) high-school pathway and move forward with a multi-year textbook adoption and professional development plan.
The Gilroy Unified School District voted to move its high-school math sequence from the integrated Math 1–3 pathway back to the traditional Algebra 1–Geometry–Algebra 2 sequence, approving a phased implementation and related instructional-materials planning. District staff framed the change as driven by local CASP cohort results and teacher pilot feedback.
District Director of Educational Services Sonia Flores told the board the 2023 California math framework validates both pathways but that eight years of local data and teacher feedback prompted reconsideration. Flores said teachers piloted both integrated and AGA instructional materials and “a majority of…
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