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Excerpt from Board of Education Meeting, November 2, 2022, Agenda Item 5.02 New Course Approval. Full Board of Education Meeting available to view here: https://youtu.be/ch9z-W4OmGI
A
B
Afternoon
president
Tobin
vice
president
silkworth
Dr
Bedell
and
board
members
for
the
record,
my
name
Nicole,
Howard
and
I
serve
as
the
Director
of
curriculum
and
assessments.
I
am
also
joined
by
our
amazing
coordinators
and
academics.
At
the
end
of
the
presentation
today,
we'll
be
happy
to
answer
questions
around
these
courses.
At
this
time,
I
will
have
the
team
introduce
themselves.
C
B
The
main
goal
of
our
aacps
strategic
plan
is
to
ensure
that
every
student
meets
or
exceeds
standards
as
achievement
gaps
are
eliminated.
Courses
are
designed
to
provide
all
aacps
students
with
rigorous,
relevant
and
inclusive
opportunities
that
are
inclusive
and
enable
them
to
successfully
navigate
and
positively
impact
the
21st
century
Global
Society
foreign
is
a
middle
school
semester-long
elective
course.
It
is
not
required,
but
is
encouraged
to
increase
exposure
to
the
agricultural
world
for
students
to
be
successful
in
the
Southern
High
School
curriculum
for
Agricultural
Science
Education
case
programs.
B
This
valuable
program
gives
students
access
to
Collegiate
level
curriculum
where
have
the
opportunity
to
earn
college
credit
and
valuable
career
experiences.
Furthermore,
through
project-based
learning,
students
will
engage
in
Hands-On
experiences.
Exploring
the
daily
impact
of
agricultural
AC
aacps
will
partner,
with
curriculum
for
Agricultural
Science
Education
case,
to
obtain
the
required
curriculum
and
professional
development
for
teachers.
B
Apex
Arts
Theater
Prime
1
is
a
year-long
middle
school
course
for
Apex
Arts
Magnet
program.
The
current
Apex
Arch,
creative
writing
and
drama
Prime
is
one
of
the
most
popular
primes
with
waitlists
every
year.
In
order
to
maximize
interest
in
better
meet
program.
Capacity,
apexarts
magnet
program
is
separating
the
current
Middle
School
creative
writing
and
drama
Prime
into
two
different
programs
with
their
own
curriculum.
B
Apex
Arts
is
excited
to
announce
the
launch
of
a
new
Middle
School
theater
Prime
students
will
have
the
opportunity
to
uncover
their
many
talents,
passions
and
interact
with
professionals
from
career
fields
in
which
they
have
interests
inside
the
classroom.
Students
will
have
the
opportunity.
Sorry
I,
just
read
that.
B
Yeah
it's
a
test.
We
are
thankful
that
this
board
previously
approved
the
Spanish
for
native
speakers
1A.
Today
we
are
presenting
Spanish
for
native
speakers
1B.
It
is
a
middle
school
specifically
designed
Middle
School
course
specifically
designed
for
students
whose
primary
language
spoken
at
home
is
Spanish.
This
course
sets
high
expectations
for
Spanish-speaking
students
to
increase
their
overall
academic
achievement
and
engagement.
Students
will
further
develop
the
reading
and
writing
skills
in
Spanish,
increasing
the
opportunity
and
access
to
higher
levels
of
Spanish.
B
Theater
technology
and
management
2
is
a
high
school
quarter.
Credit
course
that
provides
students
with
leadership,
skills
related
to
Stage
production
and
Theatrical
Direction.
It
allows
students
to
dive
deep
into
lighting,
audio
and
scenery
production
design
with
stagecraft
discipline
as
a
passion
quarter,
critic
course.
Theater
technology
and
management
2
will
promote
Hands-On
experiences
as
students
apply
technology
and
other
stem
skills
into
the
Arts.
Through
the
creation
of
enhanced
audio
and
visual
environments
for
live
stage,
Productions.
B
F
G
G
There's
a
high
demand
for
the
theater
and
I
know:
I've
known
a
lot
of
theater
kids,
who
have
perhaps
would
have
been
more
interested
if
it
was
more
geared
towards
that
the
theater
Tech
huge
need
for
that.
We
we
put
on
these
amazing
high
school
productions,
and
these
kids
give
so
much
of
their
time
to
learn
this
so
that
they
can
participate
in
this
way
and
for
them
to
have
a
class
to
teach
them.
G
Yes,
ma'am,
okay,
I
thought
so,
but
I
couldn't
remember
what
I
read
and
then
I
wanted
to
ask
real,
quick,
the
the
Spanish
for
native
speakers
so
I'm
speaking
as
a
parent
of
high
school
students
who
have
taken
Spanish
and
they
have
had
Spanish
classes
with
many
native
speakers
which
I've
always
found
kind
of
a
little
bit
sad,
because
I
almost
feel
like
these
kids,
while
they're
taking
this
class,
because
it's
here
and
there's
no
place
else
to
put
them.
But
this
is
at
the
middle
school
level.
G
G
D
We
have
about
300
students
right
now
in
the
Spanish
for
native
speakers
course.
One
and
two.
This
is
the
first
year
to
run
the
Spanish
for
native
speaker
course,
three
that
have
it's
about
23
students.
Currently
there
is
one
Middle
School,
Mead,
Middle
School,
that's
offering
the
Spanish
for
native
speakers,
one
okay.
G
G
A
A
comment
yeah
I
just
wanted
to
add
on
to
that,
so
your
questions
are
spot
on
because
I
do
agree
with
you
I
think.
As
we
looked
at
data
and
we're
looking
at
the
population
of
ell
and
Hispanic
students,
we
know
since
2012,
or
so
we
have
doubled
the
number
of
Hispanic
and
ell
students
in
this
school
district.
So
having
these
opportunities
for
for
kids
to
matriculate
through
the
the
Spanish
I'm.
Sorry,
the.
H
A
The
native
speaker
course,
and
also
putting
them
on
that
trajectory
where
we
can
also
get
them
to
take
those
advanced
placement
courses
and
then
take
those
Advanced
placement
exams.
That
bodes
well
for
us.
I,
don't
know
if
this
state
does
anything
with
the
seal
by
literacy
or
anything
like
that.
But
there
are
some
states
that
really
do
focus
on
on
syllabi
literacy
and
when
I
was
a
superintendent
in
Kansas
City.
A
That
was
one
of
the
things
we
jumped
on
right
away
because
we
had
the
highest
ell
population
in
the
state
and
we
became
a
syllabi
literacy,
School
District.
So
those
are
we
got
to
look
at
as
many
ways
that
we
can
to
Leverage
The
Changing
population
in
this
school
district,
and
that
is
the
main
thing
that
I've
been
talking
to
everybody
about.
We
have
to
look
at
what
the
data
is
telling
us
it's
coming
to
our
school
district
and
how
do
we
stay
ahead
of
it?
I
I
We
don't
normally
do
this,
but
we're
talking
about
a
student
here
so
I'm
going
to
make
a
personal
privilege
of
exception
and
thank
Ethan
Schofield
for
so
well
expressing
you
know
him
and
there's
many
families,
a
part
of
the
egg
family
community
that
heavily
support
education.
We've
got
our
agricultural
commission
here
in
our
county.
Has
an
education
committee
designed
just
to
help
support
facilities
to
make
sure
that
these
kids,
what
we
don't
provide
here,
that
they
are
also
receiving
out
in
the
community
and
agriculture,
occurs
outside
of
South
County
here
in
the
community.
I
I
will
tell
you
just
a
few
years
back
the
winner.
One
of
the
winners
of
4-H
was
from
Pasadena
a
small
farm
in
Pasadena
so
and
we
do
have
Urban
gardening
a
lot
of
growth,
edit
programs
to
further
enrich
I.
Look
at
this
as
another
great
step
in
expanding
our
nationally
recognized
children.
They
compete
with
programs
that
are
at
a
magnet
level,
as
it
relates
to
college
credits
and
I
know.
I
Think
historically,
we
have
presented
obstacles
that
our
students
and
our
program
supporters
could
never
achieve,
and
so
I
see
this
as
a
window
of
opportunity
to
maybe
break
down
some
of
those
barriers
and
continue
to
encourage
this.
This
is
how
we
get
our
local
food,
and
this
is
how
we
support
our
local
kids
in
such
a
great
way.
So
thank
you
on
behalf
of
of
many
and
I.
Do
not
have
any
questions.
E
Yes,
this
is
also
one
of
my
most
favorite
parts
of
my
job
and
I
just
love
the
courses
you
all
bring
to
us
every
single
time,
they're
so
well
thought
through
and
you
you
meet
the
needs
where
they
exist
and
I'm
going
to
be
a
proud
supporter
again,
as
I
always
am
of
all
of
these
courses.
I.
Just
thank
you
all
for
your
hard
work
and
for
your
dedication
to
our
students
and
really
growing
the
opportunities
within
our
schools.
It
does
not
go
unnoticed
on
this
board.
H
Thank
you,
president
cookman
I
also
would
like
to
say
this
is
absolutely
one
of
my
most
favorite
Parts.
It's
amazing
the
courses
that
have
been
developed
over
the
past
just
the
past
couple
years
since
I've
been
on
the
board.
You
all
are
fantastic.
You
all
are
awesome.
I
would
respond
to
one
comment
about
our
native
speakers
in
our
language
classes.
As
a
former
language
teacher,
you
have
to
remember
that
language
involves
different
skills.
H
It's
listening
speaking
Reading
Writing
culture
and
relationships
and
a
lot
of
other
things,
and
even
though
you
happen
to
be
a
native
speaker,
doesn't
mean
that
you
Excel
in
all
of
those
skills
you
may
not.
You
may
excel
in
some,
but
I
just
want
to
make
that
point
and
the
theater
Tech
management.
That's
amazing.
I
was
a
thespian.
When
I
was
in
high
school
I
actually
played
in
grade
seven
I
have
a
twin
brother.
We
played
in
The
Prince
and
the
Pauper.
H
H
We
were
lucky
to
have
a
gentleman
by
the
name
of
Thomas
Hal
Gomer,
who
was
a
marvelous
Drama
teacher
and
Artist
as
well
and
I
must
say
over
the
past
15
to
20
years
all
of
our
schools,
the
Productions
that
have
been
that
have
been
produced,
the
quality
of
what
our
students
do.
Under
the
direction
of
our
staff
is
simply
off
the
chart.
H
I
mean
I've,
had
the
privilege
to
be
able
to
witness
so
many
Productions
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everybody
knows
that
we
already
have
staff
and
students
who
are
putting
on
Great
Performances,
and
so
what
we're
doing
is
we're
helping
them
make
them
even
greater.
So
once
again
we
thank
you
so
much
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
all
the
drama
teachers
out
there
and
all
the
thespians
out
there
Rachel.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
silkworth
I'd,
just
like
to
add
a
couple
of
comments.
Yes,
as
someone
who
started
my
career
in
the
professional
theater,
I've
always
been
impressed
with
what
is
offered
here
and
and
I'll
just
say
that,
because
I
remain
involved
in
theater
with
regard
to
the
theater
Tech
course,
I
have
actually
had
people
reach
out
from
professional
theaters
in
Baltimore.
Here
other
places,
there's
a
real
shortage
of
people
to
do
the
tech
work
who
know
the
tech
work.
Even
Maryland.
F
F
Thank
you
for
that
and
I
always
think
that
theater
classes
are
just
one
of
the
great
opportunities
that
kids
have
to
frankly
explore
what
we
often
refer
to
as
the
soft
skills
to
learn
who
they
are,
how
to
connect,
how
to
express
themselves
how
to
be
in
front
of
people
how
to
read
a
room,
all
sorts
of
things.
So
thank
you
for
that,
and
finally,
I
would
just
say
so:
Dr
Bedell
knows
that
I'm,
a
great
fan
of
dual
language,
enrollment
and
I-
think
that
the
the
courses
for
native
speakers
are
incredibly
important.
F
I
think
all
of
Mr
silkwer's
points
are
well
taken.
I've
certainly
been
made
aware
by
community
members
that
we
have
a
number
of
students
whose
families
speak
Spanish
at
home,
but
their
parents
may
not
necessarily
be
literate
in
Spanish
or
English,
and
so
there's
a
a
whole
list
of
of
skills
and
I.
Think
I
think
offering
this.
These
courses
for
native
speakers
is
incredibly
important
and
I
think
if
we
do
get
to
the
point
where
we
have
dual
language.
F
I
was
delighted
to
hear
the
presentation
last
spring
and
I
remember,
hearing
that
this
middle
school
program
was
a
class
was
was
on
the
way
and
so
I'm
delighted
to
see
this,
and
just
thank
you
for
everything.
I
think
we
offer
just
some
fabulous
opportunities
for
our
students
and
I
know,
there's
a
really
hard-working
dedicated
staff
behind
that.
So
thank
you
very
much,
Ms
Frank.
F
J
J
Most
of
the
board
had
interest
in
expanding
that
and
and
offering
that
to
different
areas
of
the
county
and
I
would
still
be
very
enthusiastic
and
I
just
wanted
to
bring
that
up
again
that
it's
a
really
amazing
program
and
I
would
love
to
see
more
of
that.
You
know
growing
for
food
and
and
agriculture
in
in
more
than
more
than
just
Southern,
so
just
to
throw
back
on
your
writer.
Thank
you.