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Principal outlines course-registration priorities, pilots for accelerated freshmen
Summary
Principal Dan Foster told the board the district builds course offerings from student requests, generally does not run classes with fewer than about 12 students, and is piloting accelerated AP options for select freshmen while consolidating low-enrollment courses.
Principal Dan Foster presented the district’s course registration and staffing approach, emphasizing three priorities: a well-rounded student experience, qualified staffing, and fiscal responsibility. He told the board that course offerings are driven primarily by student requests; as a rule, classes with fewer than approximately 12 students typically do not run unless there are unique circumstances. Departments are consolidating or eliminating consistently low-enrollment courses while monitoring class sizes and staffing levels.
Doster (sic) Administration discussed adjustments to adaptive physical education, changes to driver's education delivery and reductions in certain staffing positions tied to enrollment trends. The administration described instructional initiatives including continued implementation of the PLC framework, expansion of co-curricular opportunities such as SkillsUSA, HOSA, DECA and Academic Decathlon, and pilot opportunities for select freshmen to enroll in AP U.S. History or AP Biology based on assessment data. Board members asked questions about reinforcement courses, honors sequencing and evaluation processes; administration said pilots will be monitored with data over time.
