Specialized courses around such disparate subjects as culinary arts, software engineering, and English composition could be tweaked in the upcoming 2026-27 school year in Naperville School District 203.
A number of specific courses in the subject areas could be added and subtracted, based on a preliminary proposal submitted at Naperville 203’s board of education meeting Monday, Oct. 20.
What could be added and dropped for 2026-27 school year
According to the recent board presentation, four high school courses could be added in the 2026-27 school year, while five could be removed from the list of available offerings.
Based on the proposal, the course additions would include:
- Introduction to Hospitality and Culinary Arts (0.5 credits)
- Blended Software Engineering (1 credit)
- English Composition 1 (0.5 credits)
- English Composition 2 (0.5 credits)
The specific course removals for the upcoming school year could include:
- Culinary Arts and Nutrition 1 (0.5 credits)
- Software Engineering 1 (0.5 credits)
- Blended Software Engineering 2 (0.5 credits)
- Honors Senior Rhetoric (0.5 credits)
- Blended Honors Senior Rhetoric (0.5 credits)
District 203 officials explain rationale behind change-up
Superintendent Dan Bridges noted that fall within Naperville 203 is traditionally a time to begin discussing changes in high school course offerings as preliminary planning for the next school year ramps up…