INS-SCH-PR-007 Wicomico County Board of Education WICOMICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION P.O. BOX 1538 2424 NORTHGATE DRIVE., SUITE 3, SALISBURY, MD 21802-1538 328 year should it be requested by the Director of Elementary Education, the Chief 329 Academic Officer, or the Wicomico County Board of Education during the appeal 330 process. Each level of the appeal process will generate a formal letter stating the 331 rendered decision to the parent and copied to the school team and the student's 332 cumulative record. 333 ix. Those students who are English Language Learners (ELL) will be provided 334 appropriate accommodations based on their Individual Learner Plan (ILP) developed 335 by the English as a Second Language (ESOL) teacher and provided to the classroom 336 teacher. The ILP be made available through the district’s student database for all 337 teachers assigned to the ELL student. When retention of an EL is determined to be the 338 best option, evidence of multiple interventions and scaffolded instructional strategies 339 must be documented to demonstrate the student is being retained for reasons other than 340 a lack of English proficiency. 341 C. Placed in Next Grade e Approval Status Index Code Title: Grading, Promotion, and Retention Systems Procedure INS-SCH-PR-007 First Adopted: 07/10/90 Legal Review: 06/25/24 07/19/21 04/18/17 Approved Revisions: 07/09/24 10/10/23 07/13/22 07/20/21 08/28/19 05/09/17 04/11/95 02/09/93 Effective: 07/10/24 10/11/23 07/14/22 07/21/21 08/28/19 05/10/17 09/04/90 02/10/93 04/12/95 Page 10 of 22 342 1. Students may be "placed" but not “promoted” in the next grade based on evidence of 343 insufficient progress. A student "placed" in the next grade must meet at least one of the 34 45 following criteria: 346 a. Has been retained at least once in the previous grade and has continued to show 347 evidence of little or no progress in academic grades, content assessments, etc. 348 b. Has been seriously considered for non-promotion in the current grade and for whom 349 the decision has been made by the team not to retain. Being "placed" in the next grade 350 level indicates the student, may be "at risk" for achieving success. 351 2. The Student Services Team is required to create a formal, written, detailed Individualized 352 Learning Plan for the student who is "placed" in the next grade, to be used to provide 353 support to the struggling student in the next grade level. The student must be maintained 354 on the Student Services Team roster for the next school year. The SST will monitor the 355 Individualized Learning Plan and provide appropriate interventions. 356 3. Parents/Guardians are requested to sign the Wicomico County Public Schools “Non357 Promotion” form during a face-to-face meeting with the classroom teacher, the principal, 358 and others designated by the principal. Signature indicates receipt of form as noted below 359 parent/guardian signature line on the form. The Non-Promotion form and a formal letter 360 from the principal indicating the decision to “place” the student in the next grade are 361 mailed to the parent/guardian and copied to the student’s cumulative record file and to th 362 Student Services Team accompanied by the Wicomico County Public Schools “Non363 Promotion” form. 364 4. Parents/Guardians who are not in agreement with the school team to place their child in 365 the next grade for the coming school year instead of a promotion must follow the appeal 366 process, in writing, to the principal (Level I), followed by the Director of Elementary Education (Level II), the Chief Academic Officer (Level III) and then the Superintendent
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