re: 2016 Academic Standards (applies to this yr's HS freshmen)

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I believe the theory is that when you take them out of order there is a much greater risk that you are more or less being given grades just to get eligible, instead of actually learning the material so you can do well in college, like a normal high school student.

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exactly, this is similar to the change several years ago that you can't make up multiple core classes during the summer after your class graduates.