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Enrollment on the High School Campus
Students must complete four credits with passing grades to be enrolled as a sophomore on the Van Buren High School
campus. Students will three credits may be conditionally enrolled with High School principal approval.
Extracurricular Eligibility
Students will follow board policy 5.6 – Interscholastic Activities.
Grades
Students will follow board policy 5.10 – Grading Policy. Students and parents may access student grades through the
Home Access Center or the eSchoolPlus Family app. App may be downloaded from the iPhone app store or from
Android’s Google Play store. Please contact Tammy Poole, Parent Involvement Coordinator, for passwords.
Grade Point Average (GPA)
Students will follow board policy 5.21 – Grade Point Average.
GPA will be based on grades earned in academic courses in grades nine through twelve. Official GPA will be ranked on a
4.0 scale.
Homework Policy
Students will follow board policy 5.11 – Homework Policy.
*Pre-AP classes are exempt from the homework policy as they are to prepare for rigorous guidelines of AP coursework
set by College Board.
Make-Up Work
Students will follow board policy 4.2 – Student Attendance.
Students and/or parents will have the responsibility of acquiring the work they have missed. Students who are absent for
multiple days may request that missed assignments be collected for pick up in the office.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is defined as quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit to
that person or source. It is characterized by claiming work published in print, on digital media, such as CD or Internet, as
one’s own. Copying assignments could be construed as plagiarism as well. The penalty for plagiarism will be a minimum
reprimand and notification of the parent, but could also constitute an F in a class in its most blatant or severe form.
Schedule Changes
If space allows, schedule changes must be made before the end of the first two weeks of both semesters. Students must
present a valid reason for the change. Changing schedules to arrange lunch times, or because they do not “like” a
teacher, are not valid reasons. After these deadlines, students must stay in their classes until the end of the semester.
Students may be placed in only one non-credit class per semester.
At VBFA, students will not be allowed to change teams.
Semester Assessments
In all classes, students may be given a cumulative semester assessment at the end of each semester. These semester
assessments may account for up to 10% of the students’ grade for the semester.
Semester Test Exemptions
Students who have an A, B, or C in a class and have only (3) excused absences (these include medical) or less in that
class have the option of being exempt from the semester test in that class. Any unexcused absences, in school
suspensions, or out of school suspensions will make a student ineligible for the exemption. School business will not count
as an absence. If a student who is exempt chooses to take the test their grade may not be lowered from the result of that
test. Pre-AP, AP, or Concurrent may not be exempt (teacher/class discretion).
Resolution of Parental/Patron Concerns- See school board policy 4.3.9
Individuals with complaints concerning personnel, curriculum, and student discipline (including specific discipline policies),
or other day-to-day operational or management issues should address those complaints according to the following
sequence:
Level One: Teacher or other staff member against whom the complaint is directed
Level Two: Principal (or appropriate supervisor)
Level Three: Superintendent (or designee)