LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 board approved handbooks for Jay and Livermore Falls high schools Thursday.
“There is a slight discrepancy in both buildings in graduation credits,” Gilbert “Specs” Eaton, principal of Spruce Mountain High School in Jay, said.
Students attending the Jay school need 24.5 credits to graduate and a student attending the Livermore Falls school need 24 credits. The difference is the Jay school requires a student to earn a half-credit in career essentials to graduate.
Grading standards are the same but honor roll ranking is a little different.
Highest honors at both schools is 95 or better in all classes. Highest honors at Livermore Falls is 90 or better in all classes and in Jay it is 92 or better.
Honors in Livermore Falls is considered 80 or better for all classes and in Jay, it is 83 or better.
Students will not be allowed to drive snowmobiles to Jay high school but they may to the Livermore Falls high school.
Jay High School piloted students driving to school on snowmobiles, Superintendent Bob Wall said, but it became a safety issue due to the congestion in the way the school is set up and some students not driving the machines safely.
Students at Spruce Mountain High School in Livermore Falls high will continue to be allowed to drive snowmobiles to school.
At the Jay school, students are required to store their book bags in their lockers but at Spruce Mountain High School in Livermore Falls, students may carry them to their class because of insufficient locker space.
School officials will also be keeping a closer eye on students’ grades for those participating in extracurricular activities in grades nine through 12 right from the start, district Athletic Director Sally Boivin said Friday.
If students are passing all classes they may participate in the school-sponsored sport, drama or other extracurricular activity, she said.
If they are failing one or more classes, they will be put on academic probation. They may attend practice and home events but will not be able to participate for the two weeks. They would not be able to go to away games or activities, she said.
In order for a student to regain eligibility to participate in the activity, they must pass their classes, she said.
Both Eaton and Boivin said the rules are being explained to parents and students.
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