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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Western HS Presentation at 9AM today (in order of how I heard things)

1) AP/DE school: all the regular 9th and 10th grade classes will be offered but less clear on electives and foreign languages. They said that they have been hearing from the Japanese and Korean Immersion programs and want to include those languages

Course selection will happen in January, they will have counselors ready to work with the kids. Courses will be offered based on the number of kids opting in. Since there will be fewer kids (1,000 compared to 2,000) there might be fewer electives.

Some discussion about sharing classes between Carson and Western

As more classes join the school, there will be more programs because there will be more kids to participate and take classes.

They expect the have Spanish, French, Japanese, and Korean at the school. (Posted int he questions screen)

They will have the standard 9th and 10th grade courses, including the AP classes. 11th grade DE will be available.

2) Special Paths: They hope to have certifications and working with industry to establish internships and learning opportunities.

Aerospace Science
AI
Advanced Tech  and Innovation

3) No VHSL sports in the first year

They cannot offer any VHSL sports and allow students to play with their original HS so there will be no VHSL sports in the first year. They think there might be VHSL sports in the second year but they will be established in the third year.

Programs that are not VHSL will be offered at the school, so bands, chorus, theatre and the like

There will be an activities bus from the new HS to old HS for sports, it will leave a few minutes early to get kids to the other school in time for practice and the like. Transportation home from the sport HS will be provided

4) Only in-boundary students will have transportation

Boundaries will be determined int he spring.

They will have a process for selecting students if there are more then 500 kids opting in. In Boundary kids first, then kids who were considered for in boundary (so Fox Mill, Crossfield using those examples only because they are the two that are discussed a lot here not because of anything said in the meeting)

Bussing provided for kids opting out of the new HS and attending the old school

They discussed exception to ride for kids to be placed on a bus nearby if they are out of boundary.

5) Opting In/Out is a 4 year decision. If you choose Western or your old school, that is your school. Any movement would need to be a pupil placement situation

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Where can we find this presentation?[/quote]

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