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Wakefield students present senior "ASC leave" privilege; committee tables policy for Feb. 11 vote
Summary
Two Wakefield Memorial High School juniors presented a proposal Tuesday asking the Wakefield School Committee to allow seniors with qualifying Academic Support Center (ASC) periods at the start or end of the day to leave campus; the committee agreed to place the draft on the table for public comment and to consider final approval Feb. 11.
Two Wakefield Memorial High School juniors presented a proposal Tuesday asking the Wakefield School Committee to allow seniors with certain first- or last-block Academic Support Center (ASC) periods to leave campus as a limited “senior privilege.” The committee agreed to place the draft policy on the table for public comment and to consider final approval at its Feb. 11 meeting.
Anthony and Michael, juniors who researched open-campus policies at other Middlesex League schools, said they surveyed 11th- and 12th-grade students and contacted about 40 administrators across Massachusetts to gather examples and estimates. “There are a handful of schools in the Middlesex League that do this,” Anthony said, listing Arlington, Belmont, Lexington, Reading, Watertown, Winchester and Woburn. The students said 49 respondents favored open campus while three opposed it.
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