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Student urges Sesser-Valier board to amend semester-exam exemption attendance rule
Summary
SVHS student Brooklyn Petro told the school board the attendance threshold in the high school's semester-exam exemption policy is unattainable for students with chronic illness and asked the board to consider amending the policy.
Brooklyn Petro, a student at Sesser-Valier High School, addressed the board during public comment at the district's Oct. 15 meeting to request a change to the school's semester-exam exemption policy. Petro said the attendance component of the policy "is unobtainable for students with chronic illness that require frequent healthcare appointments and/or extended hospital stays" and asked the board to consider an amendment that would accommodate those circumstances.
The board did not take immediate action on the request during the public-comment period recorded in the minutes. The concern was heard alongside regular reports and agenda items; the minutes do not show a follow-up vote or a staff-directed assignment to revise the policy. The superintendent's packet included other items for board consideration that evening, but the minutes list no formal directive related to the exam-exemption policy.
