Is dropping English in a final term in High school okay?

celloguy
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:15:49 +0000

Interesting thread, rife with strong opinions. I really haven’t one, but let me throw this into the discussion: In D’s public HS, seniors can opt out of English 4 if their SAT verbal score is above a certain cutoff (I think it’s 680 or somewhere in there). The “catch,” though, is that they’re expected to dual-enroll in freshman comp through the local JC, which has a strong articulation agreement with UC. I think this might make sense for some students, though it annoys me that a public school system defers in yet one more way to College Board commercial interests.