Twenty Five Reasons To Favor The Merger

Here are 25 reasons 

to favor  the merger 
of the three
school districts !

1. English 111 (College Now)
2. English 112 (College Now)
3. English Language and Composition (AP)
4. American History I (College Now)
5. American History II (College Now)
6. US History (AP)
7. Psychology (College Now)
8. Civil War (College Now)
9. World History (AP)
10. Contemporary Math (College Now)
11. Calculus (College Now)
12. Pre-Calculus (College Now)
13. Pre-Calculus Honors (College Now)
14. Math Statistics I (College Now)
15. Calculus AB (AP)
16. Anatomy and Physiology (College Now)
17. Biology and Lab (AP)
18. Geology (College Now)
19. Spanish IV (College Now)
20. French IV (College Now)
21. French V (College Now)
22. Music Theory (College Now)
23. Performance Theater (College Now)
24. Music in Our Lives (College Now)  
25.  THESE REPRESENT A FULL RANGE OF "ADVANCED PLACEMENT" AND "COLLEGE NOW" COURSES THAT CAN BE OFFERED IN A MERGED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY WILL FORM A GREAT PLATFORM FROM WHICH OUR STUDENTS CAN PREPARE FOR THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATIONS !

Rising to the Top - AP and College Now Courses

While we have looked at the core and non-core courses that will be available in the merged school district, there is another subset of courses that have truly suffered within the area as a result of cuts and budget restrictions. These are the "College Now" and "Advance Placement" (AP) courses.

College Now courses are basically college courses taught by high school teachers where if a student passes the course they can receive college course credit. AP courses are college level coursework that's a bit more stringent in that a student needs to pass the course and achieve a higher level of accomplishment in order to get college credit.

In a merged district, almost 25 AP or College Now courses (combined) will be available to students ! That would be about ONE out of every SIX courses offered in the H.I.M. district that would be either an AP or College Now class !

This is a tremendous boost for those wanting to attend college by letting them earn college credit before they actually graduate from high school ! At present, Herkimer only offers about a dozen such courses, Mohawk offers less than ten, and Ilion offers about 18 College Now or AP courses. Students presently in all three districts could have their opportunities for college credit work increase substantially if the three districts merge.