IKEB
ACCELERATION

When circumstances indicate that acceleration in grade placement is in the best interest of the student, close cooperation between the parents and all school personnel involved is imperative.  Each student will have individual consideration, and decisions will be made only after a careful study of facts relating to the student's growth and development.  The student's academic achievement level and mental ability are important, but physical and social characteristics are also determining factors.  A decision should be based on sufficient data collected over a period of time and motivated by a desire to place the student in the school program where the greatest success will result.

The decision to accelerate a student rests with the Superintendent.  Parental involvement in all steps of the process is vital.  Parental consent to the acceleration of a student should be in writing.

If parents do not approve of a decision regarding the acceleration of the student, they may appeal the decision to the Superintendent.  Further appeal, if necessary, may be made to the Board.

Students in the junior high school who have successfully taken the advanced courses with a grade two (2) or better in mathematics, science, and/or foreign language are eligible to enroll in the next sequence of any of these courses at the high school.  The principals involved shall confer with the parents about any decision to enroll a junior high school student in a high school course of study and shall notify the Superintendent.

Junior high students taking advanced-placement high school courses who receive a grade three (3) or better shall receive credit on their high school transcripts.  However, each such student shall complete twenty-four (24) units as a high school student (between grades nine [9] and twelve [12]).

Junior high school students taking high school courses at the high school shall receive credit on their high school transcripts, and such credit shall count toward the twenty-four (24) units required for graduation.

Adopted:  date of Manual adoption

LEGAL REF.: 
A.R.S. 
15-701.01

CROSS REF.: 
IKE - Promotion and Retention of Students