ADVANCED COLLEGE PLACEMENT

It is the belief of the School Committee that any student who is capable of, and wishes to do, college-level work while in high school should be permitted to do so.

Advanced placement courses offered by the school system shall depend upon a sufficient number of students desiring the particular course and qualifying for it, and upon the availability of a staff member qualified to teach it.

Any high school student who is admitted to a college-level course or courses may be released from attendance at high school for such hours as are required for the college course(s). If the student wishes to receive high school credit for the course and/or to apply the course toward high school graduation requirements, he/she should request permission from the principal prior to enrollment in the college course.

A student accepted for full-time early admission to college (that is before graduating from high school) shall be granted a high school diploma upon evidence that he/she has completed the academic work required, and said diploma will be presented at the regular commencement of his/her class.

Adopted:  AUGUST 17, 1994