Change the venue for the up coming school board meeting on 3/27 to accomidate the tax payers that are just finding out about your proposed changes to the middle school. Better yet send out a letter to every tax payer in the school district of the proposed changes. Many people that do not have children in the 6th grade or middle school know nothing unless they read the paragraph that is written in the paper after the last baord meeting. Are you afraid to let people know what is really going on?

It is all about the test scores. CB middle schools are telling our children they have to do better on the PSSA tests. Why because the state requires a certain percentage score proficiently on the test. The state is requiring special education students also take the test. So in order to keep funding in the district all children are being pressured to better than the last time they took the test. In order to do this the middle school pricipals were asked by Dr. Laws to find a way to get better scores. Their answer was more class time in the core subjects.
Ninth graders are going to receive one less credit in the electives for meeting the graduation requirements due to these changes. They also will only be able to choose 1 elective because PE/Health is also a graduation requirement for high school. For more information go to http://www.centralbucksengage.com/ tax payers against these changes to our school district and come out to the 3/27/12 school board meeting at 7:30 pm, venue has not yet been determined.

Graduation Requirements
Course Credits: Students will be required to earn a minimum number of 28.25 credits by successfully completing course work in the assigned curriculum areas as follows:
SUBJECT STANDARD SCHOLASTIC
English 4.0
Social Studies 4.0
Mathematics 4.0
Science 3.0 - 4.0
Electives 8.75 - 10.75
World Languages 0.0 - 2.0 (CB East wants 3.0 credits for college bound students, 90+% of them are)
Wellness/Fitness 1.5 (.5 - 9th, .5 - 10th & .25 credit in both 11th & 12th grades)
Performance Assessments 1.0 (I believe this is no longer, .5 for 9th & .5 for 12th)
Total Credits needed for graduation 28.25 (29.25 for Scholar Diploma)
The Scholar’s Diploma requires a 3.2 grade-point average and credits earned in at least three advanced placement courses.
Performance Assessments: All students will be required to complete successfully both the Ninth Grade Performance Assessment and a High School Graduation Project. Upon successful completion of both performance assessments, students will receive 1.0 credit.
Now under the new schedule, 9th graders will only be able to earning 6 credits in 9th grade and 8 credits each year in high school equals 30 credits.