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Platte County School Board adopts streamlined standards for fine and performing arts, PE/health and new computer science course
Summary
The board approved curriculum revisions that compress fine and performing arts standards, reconfigure PE/health implementation and adopt a one-year project-based computer science course (with plans for follow-ups); full implementation is targeted for the 2026-27 school year.
The Platte County School Board approved several curriculum revisions on Wednesday, adopting new, shortened statewide-aligned standards for fine and performing arts, updated PE and health requirements and a one-year project-based computer science course.
Josh, presenting for fine and performing arts, said the committee condensed the prior 22-page standards to an 11-standard set and realigned grade bands to K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 to allow teachers time for deeper instruction; the district will post the updated standards and curriculum maps on the district curriculum page and expects full implementation in the 2026-27 school year.
Mr. SH and secondary staff explained changes for PE and health: health instruction will be required for all high-school students (previously offered mainly as an elective/college-credit option), K-5 students will receive instruction (but not state-level assessment at K-5), and middle-school grades will receive targeted benchmarks across the three/four-strand model. Staffing and certification constraints mean some freshmen may take the required health course in their sophomore year during the transition year, with administrators working to increase certification to expand sections.
Administrators also described a new computer science course designed as a semester-length, project-based one-year course that covers programming, cybersecurity, data analysis and AI ethics and emphasizes career readiness. The course is aligned with Wyoming computer-science standards; initial sections will be limited by lab capacity (target class size ~20) and administrators plan follow-on courses (computer science 3 and 4) when enrollment and resources allow.
The board approved the curriculum revisions by voice vote; administrators thanked committee members and said materials and scope-and-sequence documents are linked in board packets and will be made available on the district curriculum web pages.
Next steps include posting the new standards and curriculum maps online, monitoring staffing/certification for PE/health implementation, and continuing planning for expanded computer-science offerings.
