No. 5126.1

STUDENTS

Series 5000

summer school

Policy

Purpose:

It is the policy of the Board of Education of Region 15 Board of Education to provide a self-supporting summer school program for students.  The program shall provide opportunities for students who need to develop basic skills through remedial and/or enrichment activities.  The program shall also provide opportunities for students in high school to make up credit due to failures in courses during the regular school year.  With the approval of the Principal, high school student who wish to earn additional credits as part of meeting the requirements for a diploma may take a limited number of accelerated courses (a course taken for the first time).

General Organization:

Student fees will fund all operative expenses for the program.  All fees must be paid in advance.  The summer school will refund fees for courses that do not have sufficient enrollment.  Students dismissed for disciplinary reasons will not receive a refund.  Transportation is the responsibility of the parents.  All teachers will be certified by the State of Connecticut.

Requirements:

1.

Any student may register for a course designed to develop basic skills or provide enrichment, providing he or she qualifies for the grade level for which the course has been developed.

2.

Permission to undertake a course for credit in the Region 15 Summer School, any other area summer school, or by a tutor must be obtained in advance from the Principal or his/her designee.

3.

A student taking a course for accelerated credit must complete 60 hours of course-work plus a final exam to earn .5 credit.  A student taking accelerated courses may apply no more than 1.5 credits toward graduation requirements.  Only semester courses qualify for accelerated credit.

4.

A student who has earned an F+ (50 – 64) and attended the course at least three-quarters of the time may make up the failure in summer school by successfully completing 30 hours of course-work and a final exam.  A student who achieves a final grade of F will not be able to make up the course in any summer school.  An exception would be a senior who has failed a required course for graduation and agrees to make it up at a recognized accredited college institution.

A student may, within the requirements of this policy, make up the failure with an approved tutor.  A student must complete work as dictated by the Pomperaug High School curriculum.  Twenty (20) hours of tutoring is equivalent to thirty (30) hours of class time in summer school.  A student who attends a summer school other than Region 15 or completes the required number of hours with an approved tutor must take the Pomperaug High School’s Department exam to receive credit.  This exam must be taken within ten (10) days of the student’s return to Pomperaug High School in the fall.

Credit for Summer School:

1.

A student will receive one (1) credit for making up a full-year course or .5 credit for making up a semester course.

2.

The student’s grade for the summer school course will be added to his or her transcript.  The grade shall be determined by averaging the grade for the course-work with the grade on the final exam.

3.

Any student missing more than two meetings of a summer school credit course, for any reason, will automatically be withdrawn from the course and receive no credit.  Three tardies will count as one absence.

Adopted:

12

May

1980

Revision Approved:

14

May

1984

Revision Approved:

5

June

1986

Revision Approved:

13

October

1987

Revision Approved:

23

November

1998