Beginning with the class of 2015, students must take the Keystone Exams in reading and math.
And Wendy has even said she might consider taking an advanced course in math, her favorite subject.
They had expected to take courses in math, science, writing and public speaking.
All students are required to take four credits each in English, math, science and social studies.
Students who want to be farmers should take classes in math, biology, and other life sciences.
All students in the program take classes in four areas: English, math, social studies and science.
Of the 64,456 students who did attend, roughly 54,000 took the end-of-summer tests in reading, math or both.
In the current curriculum, students have to take two courses in either math or the natural sciences.
Students may take advanced courses in math, science or technology, or focus more on the arts.
About 190 of the district's 290 eighth graders refused to take the tests in English, math and other subjects.