1 in 5 Seniors Hasn't Passed High School Exit Exam, what to do with them?

[The Straight Story]

One in Five Seniors Hasn't Passed High School Exit Exam
Written for the web by C. Johnson, Internet News Producer
Kxtv - California


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It's getting down to the wire for hundreds of local high school seniors who have yet to pass the California High School Exit Exam in order to graduate. School districts are now trying to determine how they will handle those who don't pass the test. (Oh...NOW they are thinking about it, looks like they waited until last minute....)

The Sacramento City Unified School District has 492 seniors who have not passed the required exam in order to receive a diploma. This is the first year the CAHSEE has been implemented and now that it's crunch time, students are scrambling to fulfill the requirement.

The district's Hiram Johnson High School has teacher Tim Carter conducting afterschool session to help those struggling students pass the math portion of the exam. He said with some effort on the part of students, they can do the work. "If the kids show up they do fairly well," Carter said. "We get about two-thirds who show up, pass. Those kids that don't show up, I can't help."

Senior Esteban Valenzuela admits the pressure to pass the test is stressful. "It's just hard because you have to pass it, and you're thinking about it and you don't want to mess up," he said.

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[MindPilot]

1. Haha! When I first read that subject line, I thought senior=old

And I opened the post thinking "they made it to retirement, it doesn't much matter at this point if they finished high school. Sometimes I just crack me up. :D

[BuelahWitch]

4. LOL, I read it as 1 in 5 SENATORS!!!

I thought, Kick the bums out!!! :D

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines! Be the army of One!

[ewoden]

3. No Geriatric Left Behind!!!

Dateline January 19, 2006
Rooters News Service

Responding to news that 1 in 5 senior citizens did not pass high school exams the Bush administration announced the No geriatrics Left Behind Program. This program will establish a system of national proficiency exams for senior citizens. States not achieveing a minimim threshold of exam success will have Federal funds for Prescrption Drug Car under Medicare witheld.

Vice President Dick Chancey, when questioned about the potential utility of linking prescription drug availbility to high school equivalency success responded "Nothing gets a guy more in line with the program than witholding his drugs, just look what we achieved with the President."

[Javaman]

5. The repukes go into the army, the dems go into the peace corps. n/t