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Penn-Trafford parent urges board to reconsider stricter senior college and work‑release rules
Summary
A Penn‑Trafford parent told the school board the district did not clearly communicate changes to the senior college/work‑release program and urged the board to reconsider new requirements that he said place undue burdens on seniors, families and school staff.
A Penn‑Trafford parent told the school board on Tuesday that recent changes to the high school’s senior college and work‑release program were not communicated clearly and will overburden students and counselors.
Corey Gross, a parent and Penn‑Trafford resident, said an email sent in January did not describe the change and that the high school student handbook contains no details about the new policy. “These new updates are quite frankly outrageous of a program that was not broken,” Gross said during the public comment period.
Gross said the policy change raises the required out‑of‑school commitment from the previous standard — one…
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