high graduation requirements

[Jennie Hoffman <jhoffman@PROLOG.NET>]

We are in the process of writing new graduation requirements that will
effect the incoming 9th grade class next year.  We would like to include an
attendance policy with this requirement but are getting a great deal of
resistance from our central administration - our building administration is
definitely in favor of this.  My question is - do any of you now currently
have an attendance policy as part of your graduation policy for your
students?  Part of our problem is that we have 2 high schools and the other
high school is against this being included.  But we are supposedly working
with site based management and do not need to have the exact policy (when it
suits central administration).

All suggestions would be welcome.

TIA
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Jennie Hoffman, librarian          email jhoffman@prolog.net (home)
Louis E. Dieruff High School             dieruff1@prolog.net (school)
815 N. Irving St.                  phone (610) 821-2772
Allentown, PA 18103                fax   (610) 820-2244