The new Advanced Placement Academy will open its doors next fall at Springstead High School unless something unforeseen derails the plan. By the time they graduate, students could have college credit for up to seven courses if they pass national exams.
Some problems remain, however.
Others question a plan to have the academy choose its own valedictorian and salutatorian. And the program may have to win a waiver from the state to institute a more lenient grading scale. But overall, the board endorsed what may become the county's most rigorous high school academic program. It only awaits a formal board vote. The program would offer preparatory courses and Advanced Placement core courses in English, math history and science.