Last year due to the budget deficit and lack of sign-ups, elective courses such as CAD (Computer Assisted Drafting) and Creative Writing Poetry were cut. Since the results of course sign-ups rolled in by March 4, administrators will be determining what courses will be cut and what changes will be made to each department for the coming school year.

Continuing trends from recent years, the Japanese 3 Honors class will be cut, leaving only Japanese 4 AP. Japanese courses are slowly being cut as a result from the lack of requests for Japanese 1. A modification in the language department for this year was the combination of 5 Honors and AP Chinese and French being combined in their respective languages. This change will carry on for next year as well.

According to assistant principal Brian Safine, the district is trying to keep class sizes roughly the same for next year. Some electives could be cut if there aren’t enough sign-ups, but the numbers are not final yet.

“Saratoga and Los Gatos are still in relatively good shape compared to folks in revenue-limited districts,” Safine said. “If the budget situation were to become worse, students may begin to feel the impact.”
The final piece in the puzzle for class offerings is the parcel tax proposal now in front of district voters. Results of the voting should be final in May.