STAFFORD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
Agenda Consideration
TOPIC: AP Courses for 2008-2009
ITEM NO.: 9E
PREPARED BY: Chris Quinn, Ph.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction
MEETING: February 26, 2008
ACTION DATE: February 26, 2008
INFORMATION DATE: February 12, 2008
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ACTION REQUESTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT: Approve three additional AP Courses for 2008 - 2009.
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SCHOOL BOARD GOALS (PLEASE CHECK THE PRIMARY GOAL THIS RECOMMENDATION ADDRESSES):
X STUDENT LEARNING
QUALITY EMPLOYEES
SAFETY AND SECURITY
STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
FUNDING
MANAGEMENT & PLANNING
N/A (SELECT IF NO COST TO
DISTRICT)
Function/
Amount
Budgeted
YES
NO
FY
Fund
Activity
XX
XXX
XXXX
Project (If
Location
Object
Applicable)
XXX
XXXX
(Letters)
NA
KEY POINTS:
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The Department of Instruction has worked with all principals and key instructional staff including the
building level instructional staff in designing new courses for 2008-2009.
The School Board approved the 2008-09 course catalog on January 8. Concomitantly, the high
school principals made a request to include three additional Advanced Placement (AP) courses
during a meeting in January. The rationale is to provide more advanced level offerings to students
in the schools without an IB program. Once approved, these three courses will be available at all
the high schools where staffing qualifications permit.
The new AP courses and the corresponding textbooks are as follows:
AP Psychology
Textbook: Psychology (8th edition, by David G. Myers, Worth Publishers
ISBN: 0-7167- 6428-8)
AP Macroeconomics
Textbook: Economics (AP ed.) (by Krugman, P. & Wells, R., 2006, New York:
Worth Publishers)
AP European History
Textbook: Western Civilization: Since 1300 (by Speilvogel, Thompson Learning
ISBN: 0-534-14500-0)
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The AP Psychology and AP Macroeconomics textbooks are currently adopted for the Virtual
Advanced Placement Courses offered by the Virginia Department of Education. The AP
European History textbook is currently adopted for the Commonwealth Governor’s School
course.
These new AP courses will be an addendum to the 2008-2009 course catalog.
AUTHORIZATION REFERENCE: Stafford County School Board Policy 7-28 (Graduation
requirements/Diplomas/Certificates), Virginia Standards of Quality and Virginia Standards of
Accreditation.