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Board reviews proposed changes to graduation credit policy; principals recommend raising diploma-credit floor
Summary
District staff and school principals briefed the board on graduation requirement policy 6-13, historical changes to credit counts and a staff recommendation to raise the comprehensive high school diploma requirement to 24 credits while maintaining the ALC at 21.5 for now.
Superintendent Brad Brzezinski told the Winona Area Public School District Board of Education that graduation requirements are set in board policy 6-13 and any change would require a formal policy update.
"Our graduation requirements are outlined in policy 6 13," Brzezinski said, framing the presentation and explaining that the current 21.5-credit requirement aligns with state minimum standards but has evolved over multiple policy changes since 2005.
Principals at the high school and the Winona Area Learning Center (ALC) described how the district moved from older unit-based counts to a credit system; the current structure resulted from several policy revisions and a 2021 board action that standardized many requirements. The board was told the class of 2026 is the first WSHS graduating class subject to the 21.5-credit…
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