Workshop On Proposed New High School Graduation Requirements

All parents are invited to attend a workshop on proposed new high school graduation requirements:

 

2375 Congress Street

Auditorium

9:00 am to 11:00 am

This meeting is open to the public.

 

To apply to a University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU) school as a freshman, students must take certain classes in high school and earn a “C” or higher. These classes are called “A-G” requirements. Currently, less than half of our graduating students meet these requirements. In 2009, the Board of Education approved a resolution calling for the Class of 2014 to meet all UC/CSU requirements. The Superintendent created the Career Ready and College Preparatory (a-g) Task Force to come up with a plan. This task force will present their plan at the workshop. To learn more, click this link: www.sandi.net

 

To be eligible to attend any school in the University of California (UC) or the California State University (CSU) systems as a freshman, you must take certain classes in high school. These classes are known as the "A-G Subjects:"

 

a. History/Social Science - 2 years required: One year of U.S. History or ½ year of U.S. History and ½ year of civics or American Government. CSU requires one additional year of Social Science. UC requires one year of world history, cultures, and geography.

 

b. English - 4 years required: Four years of college preparatory English.

 

c. Mathematics - 3 years required, 4 years recommended: Classes must include the topics of algebra, geometry, and intermediate algebra. Approved integrated math courses can also fulfill this requirement.

 

d. Laboratory Science - 2 years required, 3 years recommended: CSU requires one biological and one physical. UC requires classes in at least two of the following areas: biology, chemistry, and physics.

 

e. Language Other Than English (Foreign Language) - 2 years required, 3 years recommended: At least two years of the same language.

 

f. Visual & Performing Arts - 1 year required: One yearlong course in dance, drama/theatre, music, or visual art.

 

g. College Preparatory Electives - 1 year required: One additional year in any of the above A-F areas or other approved elective.

 

You must get a "C" or better in each of these classes.

 

 

1. Increase graduation credits from 44 units to 48 units. This would impact seniors who currently are not required to take a full day of classes their senior year.

2. Require all students meet A-G requirements. Most students would require a third year of college preparatory math and one year of visual and performing arts to meet A-G requirements.

3. Keep the “D” grade for A-G classes. Even though a “D” does not meet A-G requirements, students who make a “D” grade will still pass the class.

4. Keep the high school senior exhibition as a graduation requirement.