The Fairfax County School Board
policy permits students to take
certain courses on a Pass-Fail
basis.
With parental or guardian approval,
any high school students shall
be given the option of takking
one elective credit per school
year to be marked on a pass-fail
basis. This may be applied to
to required physical education
credits, foreign language credits,
and to credits other than those
required for English , Social
Studies, mathematics, and laboratory
science and specialized courses
such as Principles of Engineering
Technology and Senior Technology
Research taught at Thomas Jefferson
High School for Science and Technology.
A Double- or Triple-period class
taken for two or three credits
in the technical fields may be
taken on a pass-fail basis as
the one pass-fail credit per year.
No atudent may take more than
two-single semester electives
of one full year elective per
school year on the pass-fail system
except as indicated above.
Any high school student whishing
to take a course as pass-fail
shall indicate this by completijng
a "Pass-Fail Status Request
Form" requiring parent
aproval and returning it to
deisgnated
school personnel on or before
the 22nd school day or by the
first half of the first grading
period subsequent to entering
the course. Students in school
using the semester block schedule
must return the parent approval
form to the designated school
personnel on or before the 11th
school day or by the first half
of the first grading period
subsequent to entering the course.
This decision
may not be reversed.
If a student drops a class being
taken on a pass-fail basis and
tranfers to a new class, the student
shall have 10 shool days to make
a decision as to whether the new
class will be taken on a pass-fail
basis, provided it is an elective
course. Students in schools using
semester block schedule shall
have 5 school days to make a decision
as to whether the new class will
be taken on a pass-fail basis,
provided it is an elective course.
This decision may not be reversed.
Grades are determined as follows:
"
P" for an A,B+,B,C+,C,D+,D
which receive credit but will
not count in grade-point average
or class rank.
"F" for an F which
will receive no credit but will
be counted in grade-point average
and class rank.
