Student representatives describe Senior Privilege Option; board members ask about GPA change and program impacts

Student representatives from Brookfield East and Brookfield Central described the Senior Privilege Option (SPO), answering board members’ questions and summarizing a survey of 36 senior student‑council members about the program’s effects.

Jake, a student representative, summarized SPO as “an opportunity for seniors to leave campus” during a block typically scheduled as a study hall and said the district’s eligibility criteria this year include completing 12 terms of study, meeting a GPA threshold and remaining in good standing on attendance and behavior. Jake told the board the GPA requirement this year is “a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale” and said the threshold has changed over time: “When it first came out, it was a 3.5. It then moved to 3.2 and now it’s a 3.0,” he said when Board President Scott Wheeler asked about the history.

On program effects, Jake reported survey results from 36 respondents: “92 percent of our respondents cited an improved academic performance,” he said, explicitly…