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CMS Sees Gains In AP Enrollment

The number of CMS students who are taking Advanced Placement courses and exams continues to increase.  

  •  8,492 CMS students enrolled in at last one AP course in 2014-2015 school year
  • AP course enrollment by African-American students rose 12.2 percent; Hispanic enrollment was up 16 percent
  • CMS pass rate on 2015 AP exams was 49.6 percent, compared to national rate of 60.5 percent
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Mark Rumsey grew up in Kansas and got his first radio job at age 17 in the town of Abilene, where he announced easy-listening music played from vinyl record albums.