The Tuesday, June 17, 2014 meeting of the El Paso Independent School District board of managers contemplated changes to district high school graduation requirements.
From the board packet:
EFFECTIVE AS OF THE 2014-15 SCHOOL YEAR … A STUDENT MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE EQUIVALENCE OF AT LEAST 15 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE EACH SEMESTER WHILE ENROLLED IN A DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL.
Maybe I should go back to school since I think that the appropriate word would have been “equivalent” instead of “equivalence”.
No mention was made as to how this would be administered or what would qualify as community service.
It seems to me that the board of managers should have decided what the rules are before issuing this mandate.
We deserve better
Brutus
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Don’t they realize that community service is all too often tied into some sort of punishment? And, considering the disservice these people are doing to their students and to the families who live in their district, maybe they should have to do some form of real community service.
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Might as well since there is no “learning” going on….
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Maybe you can look to Ysleta for an example. I am sure EPISD will not deviate too much from What YISD has required their students to do for some years:
http://www.yisd.net/Home/Academics/LearningSupportServices/GuidanceandCounseling/CommunityService.aspx
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Possibly.
However as a citizen I would have preferred that they develop their policies before promulgating the requirement.
Brutus
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I think that the school board has to adopt the policy BEFORE the regulations are set. Cart before the horse and all of that. Now that the POLICY is in place, the regulations will follow.
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