CODE: 6154
SECTION: INSTRUCTION
HOMEWORK/MAKEUP WORK
We believe that education is a continuous lifelong process, and that the daily education does not begin and end with the opening and closing of the schools. A close working relationship between home and school is necessary if all students are to achieve their fullest academic potential.
In keeping with this belief, it is the policy of the Board of Education that the assignment of meaningful, productive homework for pupils in the elementary and secondary schools is a necessary part of the total educational process.
The Board of Education believes that homework relevant to material presented in class provides an opportunity to broaden, deepen or reinforce the pupil's knowledge. Teachers must use discretion in deciding the number and length of assignments. The board encourages the use of interrelated major homework assignments such as term papers, themes and creative art projects.
Homework shall not be used for punitive reasons.
Pupils absent for any reason must make up assignments, classwork and tests within a reasonable length of time. In most cases, a reasonable length of time shall be the same number of school days as the days missed.
Pupils being excused for any reason must make arrangements with the teacher of the missed classes in order to make up the work missed. This must be done before the absence from class.
Incompletes
When a pupil does not complete work missed for absence or other reasons, he/she will receive an "incomplete" for the marking period.
If work critical to the pupil's understanding of the subject is not made up by the end of the next marking period, the grade for that subject area may be an "F."
If work is missing during the final marking period of the school year, the grade will be left to the discretion of the teacher. The teacher who has given an incomplete is responsible for reporting to the pupil the work he/she has missed and citing the consequences mentioned above.
First Reading: December 12, 2000
Adopted: December 19, 2000