Norton High Sees Surge in AP Students
Open enrollment allows any student to take advanced placement courses.
In 2008, 85 students took an advanced placement course at Norton High School. With the new open enrollment, 205 students took advantage of the option last year. Funding given to the school by the Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative allowed Norton High to offer the class to any students without qualifiers such as entry exams or recommendations. There are 12 courses, which include English, math and science. History is not part of the grant, though is offered as an AP course. Four courses have been added in the last three years with AP physics as the newest. “What impresses me the most, however, is we have the open enrollment but in looking at our average scores over the past five years, they have maintained,” said Norton High School …
