A. By mid-year or as soon as possible thereafter, the school will notify the parents of any student who will be considered for retention.

B. A conference involving the parents and school personnel must be scheduled as soon as possible after the parent notification prescribed in I.A.
      above.

C. A Retention Management Plan Form, including strategies to remediate deficiency, must be prepared for this conference and retained in the
    student's file.

D. An end-of-the-year conference, involving the parents and school personnel, must be scheduled at least three weeks prior to the close of school.

E. The parents, teacher(s), and principal must work together to make the best possible decision concerning the promotion/retention of the student.
     The authority to make the final decision rests with the principal. This decision can be challenged through the Student Due Process Procedures only
     for deviation from procedures and/or policy.

1. Basis for Promotion/Retention

2. Process

1. Basis of Promotion/Retention for students entering Grade 9:

2. Process

The graduation/completion requirements are publicized to each student and parents through the Student Education Planning Guide. These requirements are reviewed periodically with the student.

It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that he/she identifies and successfully completes all the requirements for graduation/completion.

At the mid-point of each grading period, teachers will issue a progress report for each student who is failing a course.  The Progress Report must be returned to the teacher with parent/guardian signature within 5 school days.  In the event a signed progress report is not returned or parent signature is questionable, the teacher will call or otherwise contact the parent/guardian.

It is possible for a student whose parents/guardians were not notified to fail to achieve satisfactory performance in program completion, assessments, service learning, or final grades.

At the completion of the ninth and tenth grades, the counselor will attempt to reschedule required courses for those students who did not earn "Carnegie Units" (credits) in required courses and also notify parents/guardians of students who have not satisfies service learning requirements.

At the completion of eleventh grade, the school will review the credit status of each student and attempt to schedule the necessary courses which are needed for program completion.  Parents/guardians of students not achieving twelfth grade status will be notified and the reasons given.

At the end of first semester for twelfth grade, students and parents/guardians will be informed of failing performance when it appears that it will affect the student's opportunity to graduate.  This will include grade requirements, program completion, assessments and service learning requirements.

A. If the school places non-graded or non-credit special education students at a certain grade level for attendance, extra-curricular activities, and other
     social purposes, the decision as to appropriate grade placement will be made by the I.E.P. Team in consultation with the principal and special
     education teacher. (The I.E.P. must have a statement which will indicate why the special education student has been placed at a certain grade
     level.)

B. The decision whether to advance a non-grade special education student from one school level to another (i.e., elementary to middle; middle to high
      school) must be made on the basis of appropriate criteria such as age, social development, maturity, appropriateness of curriculum, and progress
      toward achievement of I.E.P. goals and objectives. This decision will be made by the I.E.P. Team in consultation with the principal(s) and the
     special education teacher(s) involved. (There should be a statement on the I.E.P. which will indicate basis for advancement from one school level to
      another, i.e., elementary to middle; middle to high school.)