Grad Rates

At least one trustee with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is questioning why students are allowed to take five years to graduate High School instead of four.
Board figures show that only 66-percent of students have 26 credits by the end of the four years.
Bob Onysko says 30 credits are needed to graduate.
He claims four year graduation rates are higher in most western provinces and he wonders whether Ontario taxpayers should be footing the bill for a fifth year in high school for our students.
Board Vice-Chair Cecile Marcino says their job is to encourage student success, whether it takes four, five or even six years for students to graduate.