Is it legal for a school to not offer the same classes to different cohorts?
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Anonymous
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Our magnet public high school accepts kids in 9th and 10th grade.
Those who enter in 9th grade have access to different core classes and a lot more AP classes then those who entered in 10th grade. Those who entered in 9th grade now as juniors have 4 core AP classes and 1 elective while sophomore cohort has 1 core AP class and 1 elective. How is this legal? How is it legal to have different core curriculum for different cohorts? |
Anonymous
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So, those who entered as sophomores only take 2 classes? I can't tell what you are asking.
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Anonymous
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What would be illegal?
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Anonymous
Yes, sophomore cohort can only take 2 AP classes, but freshman cohort can take 5. |
Anonymous
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What classes do those who enter in 9th grade take in 9th grade? Are you saying that when 9th-enterers are in 10th, they have access to classes that the 10th-enterers don’t have access to, even though everybody is now in 10th grade?
What school is this? |
Anonymous
different core curriculum for different cohorts of students? How is this OK for a public school? |
Anonymous
Are you saying this: Some kids entered in 9th grade. They started the accelerated sequence then, and so now, as juniors are eligible to take AP in 4 of their core classes, plus there is at least 1 AP elective available to them. Their other two classes will be honors or on level? Meanwhile, a group of kids started in 10th. They started to accelerate later, so of course they aren't as far ahead. Next year, when they will be juniors, there is only one AP available to them in a core subject, and one in an elective. If that's what you're saying, then that's a natural result of them starting the accelerated curriculum late. Of course that's not illegal. |
Anonymous
Yes, for example, those who entered the school in 9th grade have AP Calc BC as part of core curriculum junior year. Those who entered the school in 10th grade will not have access to AP Calc BC at all. |
Anonymous
This happens all the time in public school. Graduation requirements change. Class of xx needed 2 years of science to graduate, class of xy needs 3. Class of xx seniors can take partial schedules, school realizes it’s a logistical nightmare and changes the rules the following year. Class of xx freshman can take AP courses, so many kids fail and need additional support the following year kids aren’t allowed to take AP during freshman year. Or whatever. They are absolutely allowed to change the rules year to year. |
Anonymous
Ever or not until they finish prerequisites that other kids have already taken? |
Anonymous
Is there no higher level math offered at all? Our school drops classes when enrollment is low. We have 10+ different courses for after algebra 2. It’s a nightmare. They are constantly trying to consolidate into fewer offerings so the master schedule gains some flexibility. |
Anonymous
They don’t have a chance to finish prerequisites at school because the school will not allow it and they do not accept prerequisites completed outside the school. |
Anonymous
| It sounds like a reason not to choose to enter that school as a 10th grader, but not illegal. |
Anonymous
Sounds like you should have entered in 9th if the goal was BC calc then? Will next year’s 9th graders have the chance to take it? It’s not that this year’s class can’t, it’s that those who enter late can’t? |
Anonymous
Yes, next year’s 9th years will take it, but incoming 10th graders will never have access to it. They have different core curriculums. So say incoming 9th graders have access to 12 APs and incoming 10th graders will have access to 5 no matter what they do and no matter at what level they’re at. But then the school will advertise their 9th graders curriculum on school profile and not mention that 10th graders had access to half the classes. |