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Board adopts course changes and affirms use of rolling GPA for NHS; debate over applying PIAA attendance rules to dances continues
Summary
After reconsideration, the board adopted two education items and administrators confirmed the district will produce rolling GPA reports for NHS, scholarships and college admissions. A separate debate over whether PIAA attendance standards should apply to school dances produced no action tonight.
The Ambridge Area School District board voted Nov. 19 to adopt two Education & Technology items after a motion to reconsider earlier votes. The board also received confirmation that rolling cumulative GPA reports can be produced for scholarship, college admission and National Honor Society review.
Earlier in the meeting items 1 and 2 had failed because multiple board members said they did not have printed copies to review. After staff provided clarification and confirmed highlighted changes were distributed, the board voted 5–3 to adopt the items (affirmative votes recorded from Faragonia, Spitzko, Kehoe, Romasco and Carpenter; Fisher, Kovacevic…
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