| Wayne Trace Local School District |
| Administrative Guidelines |
5410 - PROMOTION, PLACEMENT, AND RETENTION
Optimal school achievement is obtained when students experience success in their daily activities and build upon successful experiences as they encounter new learning situations. All aspects of the student must be considered as grade placements are made.
DEFINITIONS
| A. | Promotion: | |
| Occurs when a student is doing the caliber of work (grade level) that indicates the student has met the criteria established in Policy 5410 and restated below. | ||
| B. | Placement: | |
| Occurs when a student is not doing the caliber of work that indicates the student should be promoted to the next grade. However, the Student Intervention Team recommends and the building administrator concurs, that it is in the student's best interest to move to the next grade. | ||
| C. | Retention: | |
| Occurs when a student is not doing the caliber of work that indicates the student should be promoted to the next grade, based on the recommendation of the Student Intervention Team with the concurrence of the building administrator. | ||
| D. | Student Intervention Team: | |
| A Student Intervention Team is to be appointed by the principal each year to consider situations in which students may not be promoted to the next grade or may not graduate. Such a team should include: |
| 1. | classroom teachers, | ||
| 2. | counselors and other support staff, | ||
| 3. | building principal, | ||
| 4. | parents. |
Final decisions on student promotion, placement, or retention rest with the building principal.
To implement Board policy, the following procedures and guidelines are to be utilized.
Elementary Level
Criteria
| A. | To be promoted the student must satisfactorily complete the majority of the academic subjects. | |
| B. | Failure to complete the majority of the academic subjects will cause the principal to convene the Student Intervention Team. | |
| C. | When the Student Intervention Team is convened, the following criteria shall be considered: |
| 1. | current level of achievement | ||
| 2. | potential for success at the next level | ||
| 3. | emotional, physical, and social maturity |
Middle School Level
Criteria
| A. | To be promoted the student must successfully complete a majority of the required academic subjects. | |
| B. | Failure to complete the majority of the academic subjects will cause the principal to convene the Student Intervention Team. |
High School Level
Criteria
| A. | To earn credit for a course, the student must satisfactorily complete the requirements established in the graded course of study as well as those set by his/her teacher. | |
| B. | Failure to satisfactorily complete a course will result in no credit earned unless and until the student re-enrolls in the course and satisfactorily completes it. |
Retention – All Levels
Retention may be a necessary outcome in those circumstances where a student demonstrates an inability to perform work sufficient for promotion to the next grade. Retention must be based on the recommendation of the Student Intervention Team with the concurrence of the building administrator.
A student may be placed at the next grade level when retention would no longer benefit the student.
Prior to making the decision to retain a student in a grade level consistent with the criteria set forth in Board policy, notification must first be provided to parents of the possibility that a child may be retained.