Equal Educational Opportunity Policy

Equal Educational Opportunity Policy

Dear Parents & Students of Pennsville Memorial High School:

Throughout the pages of this Google Site is our revised Course Offerings Handbook. We hope you will use it to assist your child in determining which courses he or she should choose to further his or her education. It is the District's philosophy that the focus of the educational program at Pennsville is on the growth of each student which encourages the development of the maximum potential of the individual. It is the policy of the Pennsville Township Board of Education and the District to ensure equal and bias-free access to all school facilities, courses, programs, activities and services regardless of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, marital status, domestic partnership status, familial status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, genetic information or refusal to submit to a genetic test or make the results of a genetic test known, disability, social or economic status, pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related disabilities, actual or potential parenthood, or family status. It is not only the desire, but the responsibility of the Administration and staff in the Pennsville School District to provide for equality in school and classroom practices. As such: No student or employee will be denied access to, or benefit from any educational program or activity on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, marital status, domestic partnership status, familial status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, genetic information or refusal to submit to a genetic test or make the results of a genetic test known, disability, social or economic status, pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related disabilities, actual or potential parenthood, or family status; There will be no differentiation requirement for completion of course offerings or courses of study on the basis race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, marital status, domestic partnership status, familial status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, genetic information or refusal to submit to a genetic test or make the results of a genetic test known, disability, social or economic status, pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related disabilities, actual or potential parenthood, or family status, except as otherwise provided for in a student’s individual educational plan or Section 504 Accommodation Plan.