T. Valley School Board Looks At Graduation Requirements
April 18, 2020 at 1:52 a.m.
By Jackie [email protected]
“Much of this is information that has been passed down and suggested by the (Indiana Department of Education) and U.S. Department of Education through the many webinars and things we’ve watched,” said Tippecanoe Valley High School Principal Brandon Kreska.
After March 19, if a student was enrolled in the courses necessary to graduate, they will be eligible to be considered to graduate. One technicality is whether they earned the credit or not.
In order to receive a credit for a course seniors are enrolled in, they need to participate in 160 days of school and continue until the end to receive their grade. If a student earns a fail, that would mean the student would not have participated at all or maybe they were in not in good shape to begin with, Kreska said.
“They will still graduate, however, what we’re going to recommend that we do is that if that situation arises, we would give the student on their transcript an incomplete, rather than awarding the credit for that class,” he said.
Students would have to participate and pass the class in order to receive the credit, Kreska said. “I don’t see that being an issue. Our seniors have done a very good job throughout this, but if it does become one, that would be our plan.”
He said the high school will not be calculating grade point averages and class rankings in the second semester of this school year.
The school will not be requiring finals.
“There’s no way to give accurate finals,” Kreska said, noting it will be up to the discretion of the teacher if they still want to give a final, but it cannot be weighted at the traditional 20% a final would weighed at.
Kreska said he will send out two separate letters to parents and students regarding this via their Skyward e-mail.
At its regular meeting Monday, the school board will be asked to approve several donations and grants.
The board will be asked to approve an emergency supply donation of personal protective equipment to the Office of Homeland Security from the school corporation. TVSC Superintendent Blaine Conley said the donation will allow first responders to do their job.
The biggest grant for the board to approve Monday will be a $30,000 grant from K21 Health Foundation for the school corporation’s biomedical program.
Conley said he or Jim Mitterling, project manager for the softball facility project, will update the school board Monday on where the softball field is at. Conley said the sewage line is now in and the water line is going to be worked on.
The school board will also be asked to consider revisions to the student, staff and athletic handbooks for the 2020-21 school year.
“Much of this is information that has been passed down and suggested by the (Indiana Department of Education) and U.S. Department of Education through the many webinars and things we’ve watched,” said Tippecanoe Valley High School Principal Brandon Kreska.
After March 19, if a student was enrolled in the courses necessary to graduate, they will be eligible to be considered to graduate. One technicality is whether they earned the credit or not.
In order to receive a credit for a course seniors are enrolled in, they need to participate in 160 days of school and continue until the end to receive their grade. If a student earns a fail, that would mean the student would not have participated at all or maybe they were in not in good shape to begin with, Kreska said.
“They will still graduate, however, what we’re going to recommend that we do is that if that situation arises, we would give the student on their transcript an incomplete, rather than awarding the credit for that class,” he said.
Students would have to participate and pass the class in order to receive the credit, Kreska said. “I don’t see that being an issue. Our seniors have done a very good job throughout this, but if it does become one, that would be our plan.”
He said the high school will not be calculating grade point averages and class rankings in the second semester of this school year.
The school will not be requiring finals.
“There’s no way to give accurate finals,” Kreska said, noting it will be up to the discretion of the teacher if they still want to give a final, but it cannot be weighted at the traditional 20% a final would weighed at.
Kreska said he will send out two separate letters to parents and students regarding this via their Skyward e-mail.
At its regular meeting Monday, the school board will be asked to approve several donations and grants.
The board will be asked to approve an emergency supply donation of personal protective equipment to the Office of Homeland Security from the school corporation. TVSC Superintendent Blaine Conley said the donation will allow first responders to do their job.
The biggest grant for the board to approve Monday will be a $30,000 grant from K21 Health Foundation for the school corporation’s biomedical program.
Conley said he or Jim Mitterling, project manager for the softball facility project, will update the school board Monday on where the softball field is at. Conley said the sewage line is now in and the water line is going to be worked on.
The school board will also be asked to consider revisions to the student, staff and athletic handbooks for the 2020-21 school year.
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