Muncie Community Schools adjusts high school curriculum for new state graduation requirements

The board at Muncie Community Schools this week voted to update the curriculum for Muncie Central High School.  As IPR’s Ransom True reports, the adjustments reflect upcoming changes to the state’s high school diploma requirements.

“All in favor, say aye. Aye,” says all Board of Trustees members at a Tuesday night meeting.  It’s a unanimous approval for the new Muncie Central High School curriculum.

Featured in the curriculum change is the New Indiana Diploma, a new set of minimum requirements to graduate. With the new diploma, Indiana will no longer offer a general diploma.

Assistant Superintendent Eric Grim says changes include a new freshmen seminar.

“It will go over a variety of topics that will help a student be very successful while they’re in high school. Could be note-taking, study skills, just different kind of communication things that they will need to know as a student coming into Muncie Central.”

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With the New Indiana Diploma, the traditional system of honors and technical honors diplomas will be going away, replaced with “seals.” These seals will serve as an optional pathway for students, allowing them to tailor their high school education towards where they want to be post-graduation.

The new curriculum and diplomas will become mandatory for all incoming high school students, while leaving an option for the Core 40 or the New Indiana Diploma for current high school students.

Ransom True is a news fellow with Ball State Public Media’s Public Media Accelerator student fellowships.