Jefferson HS Aims for More diversity in AP, Offers AP African American Studies

Jefferson HS Aims for More diversity in AP, Offers AP African American Studies

Lafayette Jefferson High School is a “minority majority” school — meaning over half of the student body is non-white. 19 percent of Jeff students are Black. But Black students only make up 9 percent of Advanced Placement, or AP, students.

“What they realized is that our demographic of students that were taking AP courses didn’t necessarily…

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