Warsaw middle school students now may take more advanced math classes than were offered in the past, school board members were told Monday. Edgewood principal JoElla Smyth said the previous math curriculum was not meeting state standards because the standards had changed more recently than the math textbooks.Now that algebra and geometry are offered at Lakeview and Edgewood middle schools, students will have an advantage when taking high school math and the state Graduation Qualifying Exam. She said the schools have reduced the number of basic math classes and have added more advanced algebra and geometry courses, including honors classes, and the students have responded. The failure rate in math classes at the high school is dropping, Smyth said, because students are taking advanced math at the middle school level. "We're finding that the majority of students can handle a more difficult curriculum," she said.
Laurie Hahn, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016