Last week The SandPaper reported the Pinelands Regional School District is launching an ambitious program that would allow selected freshmen in the 2019-20 school year to enroll in “learning academies,” in which they would join cohorts of 10 to 15 members in concentrated studies in either the biomedical field or the field of the humanities and law throughout their high school career. The learning academy programs will be rigorous.

Students in the academies will commit to taking honors and AP (advanced placement) courses in their field of study for…