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With educators anticipating an imminent resolution to the teachers' strike, the Department of Education is preparing to reopen schools once the walkout ends and has issued guidelines on what students will be expected to achieve in the remainder of the school year.
• There will be no early exit for seniors, who are expected to attend classes all day until the school day before graduation.
• There will be no academic penalty for military students whose families will be moving in May and June. Their grades will be based on student work completed to date.
• No later than five days after the strike ends, all students will be assessed and parents will be notified if their child is in danger of failing a course. On the basis of that assessment, teachers will plan an intensive course of instruction to help students attain objectives.
• At the end of the school year, teachers will determine whether elementary students should be promoted and whether secondary students have passed the course.
• Principals have been asked to give priority to instruction and assessments rather than to field trips and other activities.
• All teacher professional development and training sessions will be suspended, except those involving legal obligations.
