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Parent tells Valley View board elective-credit policy may disadvantage students for selective college admissions
Summary
A parent told the Valley View board June 15 that graduation elective requirements (policy 6.30) may have left her son with a senior-year profile Yale described as "not a rigorous enough senior year profile," and asked the board and curriculum staff to review the policy last updated in 2022.
During public comment at the June 15 Valley View School District board meeting, Dr. Sharon Alexander raised concerns that the district’s graduation elective requirements (referenced in board policy 6.30) may inadvertently disadvantage students seeking admission to highly selective colleges.
Dr. Alexander described her son’s experience: because he took advanced coursework early, he lacked weighted elective options in his senior year and was told by Yale that his senior‑year schedule appeared "not a rigorous enough senior year profile." She said the policy requires 3.5 elective credits and that the policy had not been reviewed since 2022. She asked the board and curriculum staff to examine whether scheduling and weighting practices penalize students who take high‑level courses early and requested that the district consider options to avoid disadvantaging high‑achieving students.
Board members thanked her and said they would look into the matter; administration indicated it would follow up with the curriculum department.
