Gira writes:  "I'm always looking for districts that have a coherent approach to providing rigorous opportunities for all students and a plan for supporting those opportunities. Some districts leave this effort to the discretion of the sites, and even to individual teachers. That is not the case in Boise, Idaho, where I found a superintendent, Dr. Don Coberly, and area director, Dr. Stacie Curry (she also oversees AVID), making sure that the district leverages AVID's support with the wealth of opportunities provided through AP® courses. I also found a district with a strategic plan that explicitly calls out both AP and AVID in support of their key imperatives. The district's vision, as stated in their plan, is "to graduate each student prepared for college, career, and citizenship."