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School presents growth of concurrent‑enrollment program that lets students earn college credit on campus
Summary
Coordinator Anna Palasios told the board the SCS concurrent‑enrollment program grew from a few dozen to roughly 800 students, offers UC/CSU‑transferable college courses on campus, and includes academic‑probation safeguards; staff said recruitment and articulation are ongoing.
Anna Palasios, a language counselor and the SCS (concurrent‑enrollment) coordinator, gave a detailed presentation on the program and its results.
Palasios said the program began in 2012 with a handful of students and has grown significantly: “we started the program with 36–40 students; it's actually grown to about 802 now,” she told the board, and last year the campus offered 66 college courses across fall, spring and summer. She said Los Angeles Valley College provides on‑campus instructors and that every course offered is UC and CSU transferable.
Palasios described benefits and safeguards: students save on tuition and can shorten time to degree, many take multiple college classes while in high school, and the program enforces an academic‑probation rule (students who do not maintain at least C grades in college coursework may be placed on probation and temporarily removed from the program until they improve their grades).
Board members pressed on eligibility and reporting. Palasios said the program conducts heavy ninth‑grade recruitment and additional recruitment windows for students who meet academic criteria; students admitted later (sophomores or juniors) may be unable to complete the full certificate sequence but can still take college courses if they meet requirements. She confirmed the articulation agreement is approved by the Los Angeles Community College District and that the district board has previously approved it.
Palasios provided outcome figures reported to the board: roughly 44% of seniors in a recent year completed the full certificate sequence (Los Angeles Valley College certification), and the program projected 56% completion for the current year. She said 100% of SCS students met A–G eligibility for UC/CSU courses and that typical SCS students take multiple AP and college courses.
Next steps: staff will continue recruitment outreach, refine scheduling to reduce conflicts with double‑blocked classes, and monitor program completion and reporting to oversight bodies.
