Sara McCloskey and Dan Popper
Managing Editor and Sports Editor
There are many AP courses offered at the high school ranging from AP Music Theory to AP Physics. Each May, AP tests are offered by the College Board to students taking these courses. Prior to this year, students were strongly encouraged yet not forced by their teachers to take the classes respective AP test. However, at the beginning of this school year the administration implemented a policy stating that in order to receive the honors weighting that comes with taking an AP class, all students must register for an AP test through the school at a fee of $95 per test.
In January 2009 a committee of faculty members presented a solution to the Board of Education to address the large number of students who take AP courses but not the AP test…