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Lodi Unified weighs pleas for electives: Parents believe keeping courses will boost scores.

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| February 06, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Keith Reid

Feb. 6--STOCKTON - Lodi Unified School District administrators are pondering a plea by parents of Christa McAuliffe Middle School children who want to prove the school's elective classes will result in higher standardized test scores.

The plea comes after parents were told by McAuliffe administrators in January that the district will strip the middle school of the majority of its elective course options next year and add a second period of language arts to each student's schedule in an attempt to raise student proficiency on state tests.

"We want two years to show that these classes work," said Jessica Crawford-Dunne, parent of an…

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