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 should coincide with the system of grade levels established by this Board and the instructional objectives established for each.

A student will be promoted to the succeeding grade level when s/he has completed the course and State-mandated requirements at the presently assigned grade or in the opinion of the professional staff, achieved the instructional objectives set for the present grade.

A student may be placed at the next grade level when retention would no longer serve any good purpose.

Following sound principles of child development, the Board discourages the skipping of grades.

The principal shall have the final responsibility for determining the promotion, placement, or retention of each student.

The Superintendent shall develop administrative guidelines for promotion, placement, and retention of students which require that a student be retained if s/he is truant for 10% or more of the required school days or 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.

R.C. 3313.647; R.C. 3313.609
A.C. 3301-35-02 (B) (5)

Revised 4/20/98
Revised 12/20/99