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Ripon High adding three new courses
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Ripon High will offer several new classes for the fall.Included is the beginning computer programming class coupled with Psychology and AP Music Theory.Principal Lance Morrow gave a presentation on the new courses at last week’s Ripon Unified school board meeting.“These courses will provide more elective opportunities to our students,” he said. “We hope to obtain a UC A-G approval for Psychology and AP Music Theory.”A-G courses can help students fulfill their part of their needs for college admission, according to www.universityofcalifornia.edu. They’re required to complete at least 11 such courses prior to their senior year with a grade of C or better.As for the computer programming class – or Introduction to C++ – Morrow had an unofficial quote of $15,276 for text books.The district’s financial consultant Douglas Crancer noted that RUSD, based on the revised second interim report, set aside $300,000 for instruction materials.The Psychology course, Morrow said, appears to be the popular of the new courses, with 35 students looking to register for the two sections.