In an email to parents, Principal Michelle Irwin wrote that the changes were for equity reasons. For now, the changes have been put on hold so parents could give feedback.
Parents of current or futurestudents packed an online meeting on Friday to express their frustration over proposed changes to the school’s curriculum.
RELATED: La Mesa's St. Martin of Tours Academy named national Green Ribbon School for environmental efforts“I don't think that there’s equity when you dumb down classes and lose the opportunities for those people, or those students, who have an opportunity to advance themselves out of whatever predicament that they’re in to have a better life later,” he said.A sign on Patrick Henry High School's campus welcomes back students and staff, April 22, 2022.
“The idea that my son, who excels in math, excels in science, excels in all that he does, even performance, would somehow have to have his equality stolen from him in order to provide for somebody else and call that equality is just unbelievable,” she said.San Diego Unified instructional support officer Jen Roberson said Friday’s meeting was a time for her and other staff to listen to the parents.
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