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5410 - PROMOTION 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 is moved forward in a continuous pattern of achievement and growth that is in harmony with his/her own development.
A student will be promoted to the succeeding grade level when s/he has:
| A. | completed the State-mandated requirements at the presently assigned grade; | |
| B. | in the opinion of his/her principal and teachers, achieved the instructional objectives set for the present grade; | |
| C. | demonstrated sufficient proficiency to permit him/her to move ahead to the educational program of the next grade. |
The Superintendent shall develop guidelines for the annual assessment of all first, second, and third grade students on their reading proficiency and identify those students who are reading below grade level. S/He shall ensure that each student's teacher is involved in the assessment and in the identification of those students who are reading below grade level.
All third grade students who score in the lowest category on the State-mandated 3rd grade reading achievement test will be retained unless either of the following requirements has been met:
| A. | the student has been excused from taking the test under R.C. 3301.0711(C)(1), or | |
| B. | the student's principal and reading teacher agree that the student is academically prepared to be promoted to the 4th grade. |
The Superintendent shall:
| A. | require a student be retained if s/he is truant (unexcused absence) for ten percent (10%) or more of the required school days and has failed at least two (2) courses of study, unless the principal and the teachers of the failed subjects determine that the student is academically prepared to be promoted; | |
| B. | require that parents are informed in advance of the possibility of retention of a student at grade level; | |
| C. | have the final responsibility for determining the promotion or retention of each student. |
R.C. 3313.608, 3313.608(D), 3313.609, 3313.647
A.C. 3301-35-02 (B) (5)
Revised 6/23/98
Revised 2/25/99
Revised 12/21/99
Revised 3/27/07