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Board adopts 2025–26 program of studies aligned with new state course and math-sequence rules
Summary
The Greenwood 51 School Board approved changes to the 2025–26 program of studies to align with state report-card requirements, including increasing 9th–10th grade unit requirements to six, revising the math sequence, and adding statistical modeling and dual horticulture courses.
At a Greenwood 51 School Board meeting, members approved the district's 2025'26 program of studies to align course offerings with recent changes from the state education department.
Miss Maria Ty, who presented the revisions, said the state now requires six units for 9th'10th graders (English, math and four other units) and that the district has adjusted course sequences accordingly. "The state department switched up our math sequences this year and we're just following in line with those," she said, outlining the district's planned sequence: geometry with statistics for first-year ninth graders, then Algebra I, Algebra II with probability, and options thereafter including statistical modeling or precalculus through dual enrollment.
The revision package also adds a statistical-modeling course to the district's offerings, renames study-skills classes to Academic Seminar 1'4, includes a new marketing course for CTE completers, and formally adds dual horticulture classes currently taught through a partner technical college.
Board members moved to approve the program as presented; the motion passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
School officials said the changes are intended to align the district with state reporting standards while expanding CTE and dual-enrollment pathways so students can sample career-focused courses before college.
