Parent Appeal Process

Parents should be notified in writing by regular mail of the decision not to promote a student. In grades 4, 6, and 8, a parent may appeal a decision to retain a student to the school principal. The Appeal process has four stages:

• The appeal to the principal must be made in writing, within 3 school days of being notified about the retention decision.
• The principal will make this recommendation to the Community Superintendent within 2 days of receipt of the parent’s written appeal.
• The Community Superintendent will review the principal’s recommendations and will make a final determination.

For grade 3, grade 5, and grade 7 the parent should appeal to the principal in writing and a decision will be made in August, after the student has had the opportunity to re-take the Citywide ELA and/or Mathematics assessments. For these grades the appeal process begins with the teacher’s automatic preparation of a student assessment portfolio. For more detail see Promotion from Grades 3, 5 and 7.