The school board voted this week to formally approve an ethnic studies course for all freshmen starting this fall, but the decision was not without controversy and disagreement among the elected trustees.
The Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District s board has paved the way to add an ethnic studies class for all incoming ninth graders this fall by updating its graduation requirements to include the course.
Ethnic studies is on track to be rolled out as a year-long elective course in the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District next school year, with all freshmen set to take it the following fall.
The Mountain View Los Altos High School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously last week to launch an English learning development program at Los Altos High School to begin in