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Board rejects proposed semester testing exemptions for high school and junior high
Summary
Trustees voted down identical motions to add second-semester testing exemptions to the Tulia High School and Tulia Junior High handbooks; each motion failed with five 'nay' votes and two 'yea' votes. The item raised discussion about exemption criteria.
Trustee Kacy Quinton moved to add exemptions for second-semester testing for Tulia High School; Trustee Clint Mahannah seconded. The board recorded five votes against and two in favor, and the motion failed. The same motion language, moved and seconded by the same trustees, was brought for the junior high handbook and likewise failed by the same recorded tally.
Board members questioned staff about how exemption rules would be applied and whether they would affect course credit or state testing requirements. Superintendent Dixie Johnson and building principals answered board questions during the discussion. The minutes record the votes for each motion: William Fifer: Nay; Nicole Gore: Nay; Jason Jack: Nay; Clint Mahannah: Yea; Jenni McCaslin: Nay; Kacy Quinton: Yea; Ashley Ramirez: Nay.
