School Board Meeting for Feb 26, 2020 Education Subcommittee (members include Allyson Minton, Kevin Mahler and Marcie Crow) met before the regular Board Meeting. The Department Chairs for Math, Science and World Languages presented information about grade acceleration (skipping) for each of their departments. An outline of their presentations is at https://go.boarddocs.com/pa/nasd/Board.nsf/files/BM6HN6494202/$file/Education%20Committee%20Presentation%20(2-26-2020%20-%20Academic%20Acceleration%20in%20North%20Allegheny).pdf Math Department Chair, Bob Bell called acceleration a “necessary evil”. While there are strict benchmarks elementary school students must meet, any student may attempt to accelerate upon entering 7 th grade. Mr Bell reported that 250 students from NA attended CCAC last year in order to attempt to accelerate a year in Math. He recognized that some students accelerate multiple years (e.g. attend CCAC 2 or more times over their years at North Allegheny).
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