BUHLER, Kan. — The Buhler USD 313 school board approved district graduation rates for the rest of the school year during a special meeting Thursday.
The district will not drop the 26 required credits for graduation. Superintendent Mike Berblinger says any credit waiver to a student will be looked over on a case-by-case basis and will be tightly monitored. For example, if a student needs all of his or her credits for the year to hit the 26 threshold and has to miss a class because of COVID-19, that student would likely get that credit waived. Such classes would include work-study at a business or other similar situations. Berblinger says the district did not want to simply give credits to students.
Also Thursday, the board shortened the school year by two days. That means the last day for seniors will be May 5 and the final day for the rest of the district’s students will be May 12.