Pattie Cotton, board chair, shared an overview of the board’s perspective of the policy draft.
The board listened to the views of 20 community members, staff, students and parents.
Currently, the district complies with polices set forth by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association website states, “A student must have passed a minimum load of work during the preceding semester to be eligible at any time during the present semester.
“The semester is normally considered half of the academic year. All students must also meet local promotion standards.”
A minimum load is defined as five courses in the traditional school schedule and three courses for schools on the block format.
If the school is on an A/B form of block scheduling, a student must pass six of eight courses during what would traditionally be defined as a semester.
The board will view the policy at the August 19 Board of Education meeting at 6 p.m.
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