Is there a minimum enrollment for high school electives or AP courses?
Most high school courses, including electives and AP classes, have class sizes between 20 and 25. Any classes with fewer than 20 students enrolled have been and will continue to be routinely scrutinized. For example, AP European History was not offered beginning in 2009-10 due to low enrollment. Q: How much would we save if that minimum were raised? A: Every section of a course that is collapsed results in a savings of .2 (one-fifth) of a teacher. In order to reduce a full teaching position, there would need to be a reduction of five sections within a particular subject area. We will be taking a hard look at the enrollment in all of our courses to determine what, if any, savings could be achieved by raising enrollment minimums. Q: Are there alternate ways of structuring classes or delivering education to high school students that would save money, such as use of lectures or on-line courses? A: While it might be logistically possible in certain instances to create lecture classes, contr
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