McHENRY – District 156 marked an academic milestone of sorts this school year with its record student enrollment in college preparatory courses.

Just within the past two years, the number of high school students taking Advanced Placement courses more than tripled. In 2008, up to 60 AP exams were administered. In 2012, 300 exams were taken, with 202 passing.

At the same time, in spite of the positive trend of more students taking challenging courses, officials are growing concerned with the district’s increasingly outdated technology infrastructure and have prioritized technology expansion as a curricular goal.