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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2020 | 7A Graduation from page 1A Still, there are a handful of stu- dents who do not end up gradu- ating, and the reasons for this are complex and may be different than many would think. “Kids don’t get to their senior year and drop out. That’s rare,” Grzeskowiak said. “When that happens, it’s usually because of a family issue. A parent falls ill and the child has to drop out and take care of the family.” Another issue that can occur is how the state tracks gradua- tion rates, which is different from other states. In Texas, if a stu- dent moves to a high school, the school is responsible for the stu- dent to graduate. However, if the student moves away, the school is no longer responsible for the student. Oregon is different. When a student moves away, the school is still responsible for the stu- dent until the school can prove that they enrolled in another program. But if the district can’t prove that the student enrolled in another program, it counts as a dropout for the school. “Somehow, when they’re mov- ing, we lose connection,” Grz- eskowiak explained. “If they’ve had an enrollment in your school, DENTURE SERVICES INC. LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED Open 4 days a week! Here to serve your denture needs: Dentures Partial Dentures Immediate Dentures Implant Dentures Relines & Repairs Same Day Monday-Thursday 10am - 2 pm William Foster LD Sherry, Offi ce Manager “As a denture wearer myself, I can answer your questions and address your denture concerns.” ~ William Foster, LD Financing: Citi Health Card 12 Month no Interest 524 Laurel St. 541-997-6054 /RVLQJ <RXU +($5,1* RU DUH \RXU HDUV MXVW SOXJJHG ZLWK ($5:$;" ),1'287)25<2856(/) <RX DUH LQYLWHG IRU D )5(( HDU LQVSHFWLRQ XVLQJ WKH ODWHVW YLGHR WHFKQRORJ\ WR GHWHUPLQH LI \RX FRXOG EH KHOSHG E\ D KHDULQJ DLG and aren’t registered somewhere else, they’re your dropout. It happens more often than people think.” That’s not to say the district simply gives up after a student moves away unexpectedly. “Our administrators and councilors have done a very good job of tracking kids through so- cial media to find out where they are, what they’re doing, and if they’re not doing something aca- demic, working to get them in a program so they can get complet- ed,” Grzeskowiak said. “If they can complete through us, great. If we can get them completed through job corps, community college, or get enrolled in another school district, great. They’ll be- come a completer for somebody.” With a local economy that is seasonal, students moving in and out of the district is common. “We have a group of kids that start with us in the fall, they’re here with us until Christmas, then they leave because they’re parents are working a seasonal job,” Grzeskowiak said. “And then they come back at spring break. That’s about five percent of our population. They cycle out twice a year.” Harklerode added, “The pre- vious year, we finished with 610 students at the elementary school, but we had almost 750 students go through the school at some point.” And every time a student moves, the more difficult it is for them to graduate on-time. “For them, it’s a continuity is- sue,” Grzeskowiak said. “They try and pick up at another school, and then they’re leaving in the middle of another term to come back here. If a kid never moves, they have an 85 percent chance of graduating. If they move once, it drops to 50 percent. If they move twice, it’s down to 25 percent.” But one of the greatest prob- lems with graduation is baked into the system itself, as schools across the nation have shifted to college preparedness. “CREDIT BANKRUPTCY” “When I first started teaching here, we had kids that graduat- ed as juniors,” Grzeskowiak said. “They were graduating early be- cause they had a total number of credits.” But a push for students to be- come “college ready” in the past few decades has increased the number of classes students are required to take. “It takes 24 credits to graduate,” Grzeskowiak explained. “Ideal- ly, six credits every single year. Freshmen have a requirement for math, English, science, health, so- cial studies and then one elective. Next year, as a sophomore, they have one less required class. For our freshmen, six of their seven periods are pretty much prede- termined. For sophomores, five of their seven periods a day are predetermined. 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