A12- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 28, 1994

School Notes

Report card changes

ANEW REPORT card sysiem aims to give parents a clearer picture
of how their children are progressing.

‘The new system is simply changing the form of reports and what
is included in them,’’ said district elementary principal Paul Axcl-
son of the province-wide changes.

This year students in grades kindergarten to seven will reccive
structured written reports rather than the anecdotal reporis previous-
ly used.

while the new system also calls for mandatory use of letter grades

for grades 4-12, local school districls can determine whether letter
grades: for grades 4-7 are communicated in report cards or some
other way.

In grades 8-10 reports must provide letter grades and grade 11-12
reports must include letter grades and percentages.

“Pressure from parents has prompted these changes,”’ said district
elementary principal Paul Axectson. ‘‘Parents believe that a letter

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‘Axelson said the use of the grade IP is optional this year because a
follow-up plan must be designed for the students receiving the
gtade, a

Reports must also be accompanied by written comments oullining
the student’s abilities and development along with ideas of how
parents and teachers can help the student.

“This is going to be difficult for students with 200 students to
comment on in three written reports a year,”’ Axelson said,

’_ The new policy requires schools to give at least three formal writ-
ten report cards and two informal reports each year.

Criminal record checks

PROPOSED LEGISLATION will make criminal record checks
mandatory for current and prospective cmployces working with
children, according to Josie Irwin, education ministry policy
analyst.

“'We know it’s not an absolute way of keeping repeat offenders
away from children because it’s a minority of abusers who have
criminal records,’’ said Irwin. ‘‘But it may act as a deterrent for
people who might otherwise be attracted to the profession,”’

The proposal, which will force all employees of agencies receiv-
ing money from the provincial government including school boards
and independent schools to undergo record checks, is expected to
enter the legislature next spring.

Those requiring criminal record checks would include teachers,
administrators, assistants and maintenance workers.

But where the money to pay for the record checks has yet to be
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