Do small learning communities need to become WASC accredited and establish their own UC-certified “a-g” course list?
It depends. The formation and configuration of these schools varies. Some large comprehensive high schools subdivide into several small, thematic academies or houses, but continue to share common administrators, elective courses, athletic teams, and extra-curricular activities, as if it were still a single, large high school. In this case, UC would imagine that the school would maintain a single CDS code, College Board Code, operate under a single WASC accreditation, and share the same UC-certified “a-g” course list. In this scenario, there is no need to change the status quo. Some large comprehensive high schools break up into several distinct, autonomous small schools that plan to operate independently, even if they share a common facility (often a former high school). In this case, the small learning communities/schools typically request their own CDS code from the California Department of Education , request their own College Board Code (or ATP code) from the College Board, seek WA
