It seems that a recent proposal to dissolve a third level of social studies at DHS has caused a bit of a controversy.

In a letter to the community on the DHS_GA message board (posted in full after the jump), principal Lauri McKain-Fernandez explains that the intent behind this initiative is to mitigate the extent that students are grouped by academic ability (as this is usually detrimental to poorer performing students). She also gives examples of condensing the math program and applying for AP classes as examples that have been recently taken to disperse the student population more evenly in the past year or so.

The parents meeting discussing this issue will be held on Wednesday, May 7th from 7p-8:30p in the DHS Media Center.

If you plan to attend the meeting, make sure you read Principal McKain-Fenandez’s note first (after the jump). It’s definitely a bit more complicated than “eliminating the honors program”.

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