New School Rules Require Additional Year of English
Seniors in the Garden Grove Unified School District will need one more year of English under their belts to graduate as part of new requirements approved this week by the Board of Education.
The revised graduation requirements will be mandatory for students scheduled to complete high school in 2000 and are recommended for students who are currently juniors.
Under the new guidelines, 145 of the 220 units needed for graduation must come from nonelective classes. Before the change, only 135 units needed to come from nonelective classes.
Stephanie Paggi, director of seventh- through 12th-grade instruction, said students should be able to satisfy the requirements in a six-period day with enough time left to exceed the 75-credit minimum for electives.
Students graduating from the district complete 20 more units than the minimum required by the state.
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