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Date | 2023-03-02 |
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Entity | jackson_county_schools (Jackson Co., WV) |
Entity URL | https://www.boe.jack.k12.wv.us/ |
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Parent document: March 7, 2024 Regular Session-03-07-2024.pdf
ACKSON COUNTY SCHOOLS Book Policy Manual Section Ready for the Board Title Copy of PROMOTION, ACCELERATION, PLACEMENT, AND RETENTION Code po5410 Status Legal WV Code 18-5-46 West Virginia Board of Education policy 2510 Adopted January 22, 2015 Last Revised March 2, 2023 Last Reviewed February 13, 2023 5410 - PROMOTION, ACCELERATION, PLACEMENT, AND RETENTION The Board of Education recognizes that the personal, social, physical, and educational growth of children will vary and that they should be placed in the educational setting most appropriate to their needs at the various stages of their growth. It shall be the policy of the Board that each student be moved forward in a continuous pattern of achievement and growth that is in harmony with his/her own development. Such pattern skeuldshall coincide with the system of grade levels established by this Board and the Content Standards and Objectives established for each. PROMOTION A student witshall be promoted to the succeeding grade level/course when s/he has successfully completed the course(s) and State-mandated requirements at the presently assigned grade level. ACCELERATION A student may be accelerated when his/her demonstrated achievement, as well as measured ability, significantly exceeds that of his/her grade level peers. Consideration may be given to promoting him/her to a grade other than the next succeeding one (1), or permitting him/her to enroll in a course other than the next one (1) in the academic sequence. Dependent upon the placement and rigor of the option—the more permanent or rigorous, the more advanced the criteria will be. Acceleration Options: A. Early Entrance Kindergarten B. Grade-Based Acceleration C. Content Acceleration D. Credit by Examination for high school students E. Independent Study F. Early Graduation from high school RETENTION A student may be retained at his/her current grade level when s/he is not doing the caliber of work that indicates the student skewtdshall be promoted to the next grade level, based on the recommendation of the school intervention team. The teacher's recommendation relating to whether a student should be promoted to the next grade level shall be a primary consideration when making such determination. PLACEMENT A student may be placed at the next grade level when promotion best serves the educational needs of the student, based on the recommendation of the school intervention team. ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines for promotion, acceleration, placement, and retention of students that: A. require the recommendation of the relevant staff members for promotion, acceleration, placement, or retention; B. require that parents are informed in advance of the possibility of retention of a student at a grade level; C. require that the parent(s) give their consent to the acceleration of their child; D. assure that efforts witshall be made available to remediate the student's difficulties before s/he is retained; E, at grades K-7 assign to the school intervention team the final responsibility for determining the promotion, acceleration, placement, or retention of each student; F. at grade 8, the transition year to high school, advancement shall be based on successful completion of two (2) of the four (4) core areas. G. at the high school level advancement shall be based on credits earned. Class placement shall be based on current state and county graduation requirements as follows: Freshman 0 credits Sophomore 6 credits Junior 12 credits Senior 19 credits Cross Reference po5111 - Eligibility of Resident/Nonresident Students for Enrollment po5421 - Grading po9270 - Home Instruction Revised 3/19/15 Revised 6/11/20 Revised 2/13/23 © Neola 20202023