Newcastle High School students who maintain A and B grades in courses throughout the semester and have either no or few excused and unexcused absences may be exempt from taking two of their semester tests.
A new policy in the Newcastle High School handbook, approved by the school board at their September meeting, allows students to be exempt from two semester tests under certain criteria.
The old policy, utilized through the 2023-24 school year, was that all high school students were required to take comprehensive exams each semester in all courses, and those exams would count as 10% of the semester grade.
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