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Madison County School Board reviews redlines to student progression plan, adds parent-notification and remediation steps
Summary
At a Dec. 1 workshop the board reviewed redlined changes to the student progression plan: notifications will be posted on the district website, testing and remediation language for early grades was updated, and staff added a midterm parent-notification requirement for students at risk of failing.
Madison County — At a Dec. 1 school board workshop, Dr. Holmes presented a set of redline changes to the district’s student progression plan that would shift some notifications to the district website, clarify testing and promotion rules for early grades, and require earlier parent contacts for students in academic danger.
Dr. Holmes said the district removed a requirement to publish notices in the local newspaper and instead will post required notifications on the district website to align with current statute. She also described updated language tying early-grade assessments to state requirements, saying the STAR/FAST literacy and mathematics diagnostics will be incorporated into the plan and administered on an ongoing schedule.
The revisions add a midterm progress-report requirement: if a student is in danger of…
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