PROMOTION
AND RETENTION: Policy # 5410
The
Board recognizes that each child develops and grows in a unique
pattern and that pupils should be placed in the educational setting
most appropriate to their social, physical and educational needs.
Each pupil enrolled in this district shall be moved forward in
a continuous program of learning in harmony with his or her own
development.
Standards
for pupil promotion shall be related to district goals and objectives
and to the accomplishments of pupils. Pupils will be promoted to
grade 10 on the basis of accumulation 25 credits, to grade 11 on
the basis of accumulating 60 credits and to grade 12 on the basis
of accumulating 85 credits.
Promotion
standards will be announced to parents or legal guardians and pupils
at the beginning of each school year and course of study. Parents
or legal guardians and pupils shall be regularly informed during
the school year of the pupil’s progress toward meeting promotion
standards. A teacher/guidance counselor who determines a pupil’s
progress may not be sufficient to meet promotion standards shall
notify the parent or legal guardian and the pupil and offer immediate
consultation to the pupil’s parent of legal guardian. Every
effort shall be made to remediate pupil’s deficiencies before
retention is recommended.
School
attendance shall be a factor in determination of a pupil’s
promotion or retention in accordance with Policy and Regulation
#5200.
Classroom
teachers shall recommend to the building principal the promotion
or retention of each pupil. Parents or legal guardians and adult
pupils may appeal a promotion or retention decision to the Principal
whose decision shall be final.
The
Superintendent shall cause this policy to be distributed to all
parents or legal guardians and all pupils in grade 9 and higher
at the beginning of each school year and shall invite their participation,
along with the participation of teachers, in the development of
revision of the policy. Publication in the Student Handbook of
each school is considered as compliance with this requirement.
N.J.S.A.
18A:53,5-4.9
N.J.A.C. 6:8-7.1
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