PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) – As students across the Chattahoochee Valley return to school, changes are underway for Phenix City Schools’ Accelerated Academy.
Since 2015, the Accelerated Academy has offered a fast-track option for select 6th through 8th grade students, allowing them to complete roughly a year and a half of curriculum in one school year in subjects like math, science and language arts.
Now, school officials say updates from the Alabama State Department of Education are forcing them to rethink how the program operates…