As the year comes to a close, students found out their selected AP and elective classes for the next school year were being dissolved. 

“I think it’s truly a waste that a lot of these classes were being dissolved, because I know that one of the perks of being at the school was the fact that we had so many pathways available,” junior Rachel Truong said. 

Students have expressed concerns about not being challenged in their future classes and struggling to create a competitive college application.

“I feel like it’s hard on the top students,” freshman Nathan Le said. “They need those top classes. I believe the one thing that’s more important than grades is learning, and limiting those students from the harder classes, you’re sabotaging the top students.”

According to associate principal La’Quesha Grigsby, courses must meet a general enrollment requirement, which usually ranges from 12 to 15. Other factors such as staffing, resources, graduation requirements, and overall balance contribute to administrative decisions for student schedules. Head counselor Regina Pruitt believes the school offers an array of good classes. 

“On our course selection, we have so many to choose from that even if there’s one class a student is not able to get,” Pruitt said. “I believe that we have strong alternates to take its place.”

Affected students and teachers were not notified directly. Teachers were notified by students called in for schedule changes or by students who discovered dissolved courses via Skyward. 

“I can’t really trust anyone at the moment because no one is saying anything,” Le said.

Upon discovery, students and teachers reached out to counselors to reinstate their classes. To reinstate the AP Research, Truong approached Pruitt and proposed to merge with AP Seminar or recruit more students. Two weeks later, Pruitt reached out to Truong and said AP Research would be a class next year. 

“It’s all thanks to Ms. Pruitt persuading Ms. Grigsby and telling her students really wanted this class,” Truong said.