School Board

[Da_Gr8_Mperor]

The local school board after extensive research discovered that because the current physics curriculum had little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes attracted few high school students.

(A) had little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes attracted

(B) has little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes have attracted

(C) has had little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes attracted

(D) has had little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes have attracted

(E) has little direct relevance to today’s world, physics classes attracted

[dprath]

"A" looks good.

[catchkedar]

Its B?
Keeping it simple.... "physics curriculam has ....classes have "

[safazal]

I would pick B.

[geekybiz1]

My pick - A.

Since "local school board discovered..." - whatever they discovered gotta be in simple past as well. A provides this.

Wuts the Official Answer?

[amitg_ind]

I feel its C.
por favor, el señor post the Official Answer?
Reason: its discovered that curriculam has some problems which continues into the present. And I dont find any reason to include 'have' after the physics classes.

Tough question indeed.

[geekybiz1]

hmmm...amit, can see wut u r thinking..
but if u feel its C "has had" thing.. wont you prefer D?
D gives tense parallelism for cause and effect..? (has had... have attracted)

i'll still stick to A though

[vishalsoft]

C for m e too

[skuchkarov]

Option E: simple and paralel.

[Linux]

I go for D This one needs a past perfect tense. "have" is needed here