Following hours of intensive deliberation, San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District officials narrowly agreed to overhaul the school system’s sixth grade math curriculum, despite vigorous parent protest.
Board President Kenneth Chin joined trustees Noelia Corzo and Shara Watkins in supporting a proposal to offer a single sixth grade math class next year, doing away with an early acceleration program for qualified students.
Trustees voting for the proposal cited the support of district teachers who enthusiastically backed introducing the change in the coming fall, with claims a consolidated program will assure equitable access to rigorous curriculum.
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