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The Leon County School Board mentioned grading, highschool commencement plans, and different distance studying points at their April 28 assembly.

Assistant Superintendent Gillian Gregory defined the Leon County School District’s plan for fourth quarter grades.

Gregory stated that college students will proceed finishing homework via distance studying to generate fourth quarter grades. When grades are calculated, academics will evaluate the scholar’s fourth quarter grade to the typical of the primary three quarters. Then, whichever grade is greater will apply to the fourth quarter.

Gregory additionally addressed considerations associated to distance studying. One frequent concern regards retention. Gregory stated there might be retentions, however they are going to be based mostly on knowledge from earlier than the pandemic. Moreover, as a result of the State of Florida has suspended grade promotion necessities like standardized exams, many college students who had been at risk of being retained won’t be.

One other frequent concern is instructor engagement with college students. Gregory stated only a few colleges have recognized college students that they haven’t made contact with, however for college kids that they haven’t been capable of attain, colleges are following typical intervention procedures like home visits.

Superintendent Rocky Hanna additionally defined the district’s plans for a drive-in commencement ceremony on the Donald L. Tucker Civic Middle.

The ceremony shall be formatted in order that college students and their households stay of their automobiles within the Civic Middle parking zone. A stage shall be arrange for speeches, which shall be broadcast on film screens within the parking zone in addition to on-line. Households will be capable to flip their radios to Actual Speak 93.three to listen to a ceremony broadcast.

Hanna stated just one automobile shall be allowed per household. School Board members prompt reconsidering this rule for break up households and households with extenuating circumstances.

Hanna inspired households with out entry to automobiles to contact their ideas, and the district will collaborate with native distributors to make sure that each household has a automobile to make use of.

The ceremony is scheduled to be held Could 26, 27, and 28 at 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

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