SPS and Graduation Requirements
Well, color me surprised because I just did a spot-check of graduation requirements at some of our SPS high schools.
SPS requires 20 credits to graduate. I'm not printing everything required but here are some basics:
LA - 3 credits
Social Studies - 3 credits
Science - 2 credits
PE - 2 credits
What I jogged me to look this up was a comment I read that The Center School is a "prep" high school and has higher graduation requirements than SPS. So I checked. Indeed they do.
They require 22 credits.
LA - 4
SS - 4
Science - 3
World Language - 2 (required unlike SPS where it is an elective choice)
SPS requires 20 credits to graduate. I'm not printing everything required but here are some basics:
LA - 3 credits
Social Studies - 3 credits
Science - 2 credits
PE - 2 credits
What I jogged me to look this up was a comment I read that The Center School is a "prep" high school and has higher graduation requirements than SPS. So I checked. Indeed they do.
They require 22 credits.
LA - 4
SS - 4
Science - 3
World Language - 2 (required unlike SPS where it is an elective choice)
School Nurses Work Out Compromise on School Health Bill
From the Times:
Potentially lifesaving allergy medication may soon be available to more students, thanks to an agreement reached last week by lawmakers and a school-nurses organization that had initially opposed the proposal due to safety and legal concerns.
The now-amended Senate Bill 5104, likely to be approved this session, would allow schools around the state to stockpile epinephrine, which can be used to prevent or stop severe allergic reactions that can kill within minutes.
School staffers have only been able to inject students who have been diagnosed with an allergy. And the schools cannot currently store extra epinephrine, to be used in emergencies, or use one student’s EpiPen on another student.
Under the amended bill, school nurses would be able to use epinephrine on any student, regardless of whether
Potentially lifesaving allergy medication may soon be available to more students, thanks to an agreement reached last week by lawmakers and a school-nurses organization that had initially opposed the proposal due to safety and legal concerns.
The now-amended Senate Bill 5104, likely to be approved this session, would allow schools around the state to stockpile epinephrine, which can be used to prevent or stop severe allergic reactions that can kill within minutes.
School staffers have only been able to inject students who have been diagnosed with an allergy. And the schools cannot currently store extra epinephrine, to be used in emergencies, or use one student’s EpiPen on another student.
Under the amended bill, school nurses would be able to use epinephrine on any student, regardless of whether
