The Christian County School Board heard a presentation about the minimum high school graduation requirements that freshman who entered high school this year will have to prepare for.
Freshmen who entered Christian County High School or Hopkinsville High School in school year 2019-20 will have to start preparing for the future soon—many of the new requirements will be based on the student’s individual learning plan that’s based off what they want to do after graduation. It will create a more personalized sequence of courses they can take.
District Assessment Coordinator Tracey Leath says that, along with a mandatory civics test they must pass, students must complete a ‘graduation qualifier’, which they can choose from a list of options.
She says students that enter high school in school year 2020-21 will be required to pass a reading and math exam in tenth grade, or they can show their competency via a portfolio.
Leath says, like the civics test, students will have more than one opportunity to take the test.
A change taking place this school year is that Algebra II will no longer be required, but students will still need four credits in math to graduate. Students will also need to take a financial literacy course, as set down by the state. The number of credits needed to graduate has not changed—it remains at 24.
The board recognized CCHS Band Director Anthony Darnell at the meeting, for being the Kentucky Music Education Association’s Teacher of the Year. They also recognized multiple school for awards in high attendance for both students and staff—the student of the month is Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary student William Benjamin.
The board went into closed session and when they returned, they voted to retain attorney Mike Owsley of Bowling Green to represent the district in an unemployment appeal.