Tippy Valley School Board Approves Grading Policy For High School
April 21, 2020 at 2:29 a.m.
By Jackie Gorski-
Superintendent Blaine Conley stated it would be effective for this school year “and this school year alone.”
During Thursday’s meeting, Tippecanoe Valley High School Principal Brandon Kreska spoke on how high school seniors would be graded since schools are shut down for the rest of the year.
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, he said Thursday. 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.
The school will not be requiring finals.
Kreska said he will send out two separate letters to parents and students regarding this via their Skyward e-mail.
In other business Monday, the school board was updated on the softball facility project.
Conley said Jim Mitterling, project manager for the project, provided notes to him about it. Work includes the installation of windows to the press box area and concession stand area. Wiring is continuing.
“We found the 4-inch water line. We found that on April 4. We had to do some searching for that, but we did find that and we’re moving on that,” Conley said.
The school corporation has received the supplies for the water line on April 6 and that will allow the water line to be worked on. The sanitary line is finished.
The fence next to the building has been removed.
“We’ve made a lot of progress and we’ll continue to make progress,” Conley said, noting the school board will be updated at its next meeting.
The school board also approved a donation from the school corporation to the Office of Homeland Security, Kosciusko County.
“They have provided us with a lot of supplies for our classrooms, and with the current situation with COVID-19, we are asking that you approve a motion of a donation of those items back to the Office of Homeland Security,” Conley said.
The school corporation has inventoried everything and Conley said it would be a nice way to return the favor.
The school board also approved several grants and donations.
The biggest grant was a $30,000 grant for TVHS’s Project Lead the Way Biomedical Program from K21 Health Foundation.
Donations included $1,000 from Lifetouch Ministries & Counseling Center Inc. to Boomerang Backpacks/Viking Vittles. Conley said that allows the school corporation to fund its Boomerang program that provides meals to students on the weekend.
Changes to student, staff and athletic handbooks were provided to the school board members. Conley stated they will be asked to vote on them during May’s school board meeting.
Superintendent Blaine Conley stated it would be effective for this school year “and this school year alone.”
During Thursday’s meeting, Tippecanoe Valley High School Principal Brandon Kreska spoke on how high school seniors would be graded since schools are shut down for the rest of the year.
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, he said Thursday. 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.
The school will not be requiring finals.
Kreska said he will send out two separate letters to parents and students regarding this via their Skyward e-mail.
In other business Monday, the school board was updated on the softball facility project.
Conley said Jim Mitterling, project manager for the project, provided notes to him about it. Work includes the installation of windows to the press box area and concession stand area. Wiring is continuing.
“We found the 4-inch water line. We found that on April 4. We had to do some searching for that, but we did find that and we’re moving on that,” Conley said.
The school corporation has received the supplies for the water line on April 6 and that will allow the water line to be worked on. The sanitary line is finished.
The fence next to the building has been removed.
“We’ve made a lot of progress and we’ll continue to make progress,” Conley said, noting the school board will be updated at its next meeting.
The school board also approved a donation from the school corporation to the Office of Homeland Security, Kosciusko County.
“They have provided us with a lot of supplies for our classrooms, and with the current situation with COVID-19, we are asking that you approve a motion of a donation of those items back to the Office of Homeland Security,” Conley said.
The school corporation has inventoried everything and Conley said it would be a nice way to return the favor.
The school board also approved several grants and donations.
The biggest grant was a $30,000 grant for TVHS’s Project Lead the Way Biomedical Program from K21 Health Foundation.
Donations included $1,000 from Lifetouch Ministries & Counseling Center Inc. to Boomerang Backpacks/Viking Vittles. Conley said that allows the school corporation to fund its Boomerang program that provides meals to students on the weekend.
Changes to student, staff and athletic handbooks were provided to the school board members. Conley stated they will be asked to vote on them during May’s school board meeting.
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