<p>Not to mention rural areas where there is no nearby CC. </p>
<p>And by defintion, anything that requires savvy parents is going to exclude some students. </p>
<p>Back in the dark ages my small private HS offered physics, but only AP physics and very few people took it. I did not. I kind of wish I had. And I susiect that far more students there take it now. There is probably a non AP version too. My state only required 3 years of science back then, so many people didn’t take more than that. 4 years is required now. </p>