Board questions 'Boost' intervention in student handbook; administration to provide usage data

Jul 14, 2026

Board members pressed administration for data on the 'Boost'/Opportunity Day intervention allowing eligible students a short window to recover near-passing work. Administration said about 20 students used the program this summer and committed to provide counts and repeat-user information for the last four semesters.

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On a first read of the student handbooks, board members focused on a credit-recovery intervention known as 'Boost' (Opportunity Day). Some trustees raised concerns that a last-minute intervention could function as a grade-inflation shortcut and asked whether the program disproportionately shifted work to opportunity day rather than consistent semester-long intervention. One board member asked for the number of students using Boost and how many repeat users there were across recent semesters.

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