To:  K. Baron, L. Black, C. Liff, T. Milizia,  R. Nudell, H. Poremski,

FROM:  J. Comley, facilitator

RE:  Notes of Graduation Committee Meeting: 9/26/05

            The forms for both sports and independent study P.E. credit

were    distributed and discussed. These will be used this year and

reevaluated at a later date. Guidance will be in charge of providing them

to students. Shawn Woods and the P.E. dept. will review the applications

and grant preliminary and final approval of student proposals.

        The committee decided to recommend that alternative sports credit

NOT be awarded for participation in freshman sports, as many freshmen will

be enrolled in P.E. classes.

        P. E. teachers said that they would prefer a mix of freshmen and

upperclassmen in their classes and that, as part of the proposed

reorganization, the P.E. and Health ed. departments be combined. They also

felt that requiring all freshmen to take one credit of P.E. would cause

problems with class sizes. They plan to send a representative to the

Freshman Academy committee to discuss these issues. Concerns were also

expressed regarding the safety implications of having no female P.E.

teacher.

   Nancy Lynn distributed copies of her letter to Jim in which she

expressed her concerns regarding the decision to award health credit

through JROTC.  Many members of the committee wondered why we had not been

consulted regarding this decision and felt that the appropriate elements of

the JROTC program must meet the same objectives as the health curriculum if

such credit is to be granted. Nancy will provide us with copies of the

health standards for our review.

  Felicia Smithers commented on her experience as a RUHS senior who had

completed a senior project. Two SHS students will be piloting a capstone

procedure this year. Bev will ask them to write their formal proposals and

submit them to the committee for the next meeting. We will then proceed

with the next step of the process.

Next meeting:  Tuesday, Oct. 25

Agenda Items: JROTC/Health Credit Issue

                    Review Capstone Proposals

                    Generic Independent Study Form