Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Newsletter #1 - Did You Know? Scituate High School

Did You Know?
The high school facility houses not only 900 high school students, but also 75 Early Childhood Center pre-school students, a vocational program for 18 youngsters, the school district’s administrative offices, the Town’s Recreation Department and a branch of a local bank.

Did You Know?
Scituate High School (SHS) for the 2006/2007 school year -
Was not unable to offer 13 courses, including 4 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and International Relations, Intro to Psychology, and Coastal Geology classes amongst others) due to teacher and space constraints.
Was not able to accommodate 624 requests for courses in nearly all subject areas such as english, math, science, social studies, foreign language, business and art.
Had 30% more students assigned to study halls than in the previous year, due to lack of course offerings.
**A chart of this information is included on the school website on the SHS page**

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