Rationale: It is our opinion that students need to have clear expectations for academic achievement. To promote a student who has not shown competency in a subject matter undermines academic integrity and places that student’s future success in school in jeopardy. We realize failure academically can be socially traumatic to the student. However, in the majority of cases, the social aspects of failure are outweighed by the necessity of producing academically competent students. In some cases retention may be socially, as well as academically, beneficial because it may give the student time to mature to a level where he/she can …
Read Full Policy- Last Reviewed/Revised: April 2009
- Last Adopted: May 8, 1991