San Fernando Valley : Schools Consider Requiring More Math
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Hoping to prepare students better for college and a highly technological job market, the Las Virgenes Unified School District in Calabasas is considering beefing up its math program by requiring high school students to take algebra and geometry to graduate.
The district now requires that students take two years of basic math. Under a proposal by Supt. John Fitzpatrick, beginning in the 1997-98 school year, students would have to take a year of algebra as freshmen and a year of geometry as a sophomores.
The district will discuss the proposal at an informational meeting Jan. 23, Fitzpatrick said, and public hearings are expected to begin in February. The Board of Education has final say.
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