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[quote=Anonymous]Biomed is not its own Academy but one of three pathways within the Scimatech Academy.  The other 2 are Engineering and Information Technology.  All of these names have changed slightly over the last several years as several of the academies have been going through a process of registering with the National Academy Foundation.  Unfortunately all three Scimatech pathways have changed the requirements about what is required for completion every single year for at least four years in a row.  They are constantly adding additional requirements for more field trips (which require the student to miss all their classes for a day and make up work on their own time), more certifications, more work-based learning, more clubs.  It is maddening to have the bar constantly moved up and my own kid who is there now is thinking of quitting because of it.  This student has other school activities that would have to be sacrificed to continue to make it work.  And the Academy Director, who is wonderful in many ways, has a group of students she deems her leadership who she saves all the perks for so they aren’t available to all adademy students.  In the most recent years it seems to be more about preparing ever more programming materials, perhaps for the professional benefit of the Director, then really serving the needs of HS students that should be able to participate in an academy without sacrificing time to participate in every other HS activity and elective.[/quote]

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