Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991 TAG: 9104120891
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-15 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Leslie Taylor
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The change reflects a state provision regarding students who complete a specified series of courses that lead to acquiring vocational skills. Those courses are often two or more periods long and may include on-the-job training.
The course substitution would be limited to specific courses that might have math or science as part of the curriculum.
They include substituting accounting, business education, marketing and building trades courses for math; substituting an auto-body course for science; and substituting home economics, technology education, auto mechanics, metal trades or nursing-assistant courses for math or science.
In other business:
The board gave initial approval to a policy change that eliminates additional fees charged to special-education students who pay tuition to attend Salem schools.
Board members agreed to donate their pay for the month of April to Salem High School for its post-prom party. The five board members' pay donations will total approximately $575.
The board adopted new social studies, foreign language and English textbooks.
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