Students with skills, such as fluency in another language or expert talent on a musical instrument, could be eligible for credits toward diplomas at the high schools in Brighton and Campbellford.
The Kawartha-Pine Ridge School Board made that possible by aproving revisions to its Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition policy last night.
Trustees also voted to increase the board’s renovation fund by 5.1-million dollars for architectural, electrical and mechanical upgrades ab 39 schools.
They also appoved a five-and-a-half-million-dollar tender by Atlas Corporation to build a new school in Apsley, replacing the current elementary school building.
