My school has done something similar for quite some time - we don't have any AP English or Social Studies courses. Rather, we have a broad variety of electives

My school has done something similar for quite some time - we don't have any AP English or Social Studies courses. Rather, we have a broad variety of electives in those areas. This works extremely well, as students can take courses they are interested in without feeling shepherded into the insanity that is absorbing the entire history of the English language in time for a single exam. We still do have APs in math and science, however.