thumb_school_bus(1).jpgAs schools lets out, summer rolls around and swimming stakes its claim as ultimate leisure activity, students now have one less thing to worry about tainting their pool experiences. As reported by the SF Examiner, swimming is no longer a graduation requirement for San Francisco’s public schools.

Not that anyone did much swimming; according to the SFUSD, 89% of this year’s graduated class waived that requirement.

Other changes to curriculum include allowing students with disabilities to opt out of taking the California High School Exit Exam, upping credits for freshmen taking college and career-education courses and imposing stricter rules on physical education requirements.

For now, enjoy your summer.

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Always in motion. April Siese writes about music, takes photos at shows, and even helps put them on behind the scenes as a stagehand. She's written everything from hard news to beauty features, as well as fiction and poetry. She most definitely likes pie.

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