Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Attendance Incentives proposed

Overall student attendance percentage this year has been poor - in an effort to provide an incentive for a greater number of students, the following is proposed:

Incentive A - If a student has 100% attendance in a block for a semester, the student is awarded a 20% bonus of the points earned on the final examination, or other end of term activity. No absences allowed for a class to earn this incentive.

Incentive B - If a student has 96-99% attendance in a block for a semester, the student is awarded a 15% bonus of the points earned on the final examination, or other end of term activity. A student could miss a maximum of 3 class periods for the semester in any one class to earn this incentive.

Incentive C - If a student has 92-95% attendance in a block for a semester, the student is awarded a 10% bonus of the points earned on the final examination, or other end of term activity. A student could miss a maximum of 7 class periods for the semester in any one class to earn this incentive.

Tardies - Three (3) tardies in any one block count as one day of absence for that block in the awarding of the above incentives.
  • Absences due to ISS, OSS, and/or ACE count against the attendance incentive.
  • School-related absences do not count against the attendance incentive.
  • Eighth-semester seniors may opt out of a final of any course they have an "A" in at the end of the semester.

Our current Bulldog Card incentive would become obsolete and discontinued - this incentive would reach more students (92% attendance as opposed to 95% for Bulldog card) and provide a relatively equal incentive for good attendance. ALL teachers would be required to provide this incentive for each of the classes taught. The attendance percentages are based on the teachers' personal attendance/grade book records.

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