The school board decided to go for 100% distance learning model at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, following suit of 70% of school districts statewide.
The school board also followed advice from the new Alameda County health officer, Dr. Moss. In his first act in office, Dr. Moss recommended all school districts in Alameda County change to 100% distance learning.
I recommended the board to do what's best for Piedmont and base decisions on dramatically local prevalence rates. Oakland has 5 times the prevalence rate of Piedmont.
During my 2018 campaign I promised donors that in exchange for funding my campaign I would spend some time examining college entrance patterns for Piedmont grads.
Piedmont High School is ranked #134 in STEM at the national level by the US News and World Report ranking based on students' performance in AP Science and Math classes.
This means there are 133 public high schools in the nation with better STEM outcomes.
Overall Piedmont ranks #200 nationally amongst public high schools so our STEM ranking is actually better than our overall ranking.
The Bay Area High School STEM rankings are as follows [National Rank in brackets]:
