Usually students take Biology, Chemistry, and Physics as their 3 core science classes. Since students aren't able to take AP science classes instead of the regular ones, they can take only one AP science class in their 4 years of high school unless they have extra room in their schedule (e.g. taking Biology in 8th grade, testing out, or taking summer courses).

Why is this a problem, you ask? Well, it's bad because most high schools in the country let students take all AP science classes without having to take the non-AP ones. HISD students have to go through a much harder time to get the same opportunity.

Additionally, in other subjects, such as social studies, students are able to take AP courses in place of regular ones. For instance, AP Human Geography can be selected instead of World Geography for a social studies credit. But science isn't the same, and it should be.