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District plans AP Spanish pathway after 180 students test for Seal of Biliteracy
Summary
Administrators proposed a pathway to expand AP Spanish access across the district's three high schools, citing about 180 students who took Seal of Biliteracy testing and proposing a new Spanish 3 advanced honors course to prepare students for AP.
The district told the Curriculum meeting it plans to offer AP Spanish at all three high schools and to introduce a new Spanish 3 advanced honors course to prepare students for the AP exam. Adrienne Gold said this change aims to make AP Spanish accessible to students who otherwise lack a school-day course that prepares them for the exam; she noted roughly 180 students across the three high schools took Seal of Biliteracy testing this month.
Gold explained the pathway will give heritage and non-heritage speakers a route to AP Spanish by adjusting course sequencing and offering advanced honors instruction in the third year. "So our goal next year is to offer AP Spanish as a course at all 3 high schools," she said. The board discussed how the pathway would expand opportunities for college credit and strengthen language skills districtwide.
Why it matters: increased access to AP language coursework can provide college-credit opportunities and support bilingual students, affecting curriculum planning and staffing.
