By Kate Robak
Executive News Editor
Gassia Ashikian
News Editor
After a clerical error that caused Advanced Placement Chemistry, United States History, French and Computer Science A to not be recertified by College Board for the 2013-14 school year, the Costa administration cleared all issues with College Board regarding AP class legitimacy.
Each year, every AP teacher must submit a syllabus and an AP course audit form to College Board to apply for their annual recertification and give Costa permission to put “AP” on student transcripts. After College Board accepts the syllabus and audit, it checks with the school administrator in charge of this process, and verifies the course and teacher. These four classes were not recertified last school year due to a failure to properly complete the process.
“College Board knows we teach these AP courses, and we have kids that come out of here highly successful,” Costa Principal Dr. Ben Dale said.
This error will have no effect on students’ transcripts or AP exams. According to Dale, if students have issues with the college application process as a result of this issue, the administration will help resolve it by explaining the error on student transcripts or sending letters to colleges students are applying to, detailing the issue.
“When we found out, we called College Board because we wanted to know the impact,” Dale said. “They assured us it was okay that we put those AP classes on students’ transcripts.”
According to Dale, the Mira Costa administration is currently working on recertifying 2014-15 AP classes to meet a February deadline.
“I appreciate the administration and teachers’ efforts to submit all AP courses to the College Board,” Superintendent Dr. Michael Matthews said.
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