The only accomplishment, so far, is that the high school enrolled a bunch of kids in AP classes.

We still don't know whether any of them actually passed the AP. Nor do we know whether pass rates for other subgroups changed.

The only evidence we have on student performance in an indirect quote from the consultant who ran the program. Naturally, she thinks it is working great.

Maybe the expanded AP program is doing great. Maybe the expansion resulted in a dilution of the curriculum and lower pass rates. We don't know, because the press release came before it was possible to do any real analysis.

You don't have to publish just because the school wants a press release. It's better to do a substantive article once there is sufficient data to evaluate the success or failure of the program.