Frequently Asked Questions:
Question: When will the state required Culminating Project graduation requirement
take effect?
Answer: Fall 2004, for students who begin the ninth grade the 2004-05 school
year. These students will be the graduating class of 2008.
Question: Does the Culminating Project count toward the state minimum number of 19
credits required for graduation?
Answer: No. At the state level, the Culminating Project is a non-credit bearing
graduation requirement
Question: Can a school district or high school attach credit to the Culminating
Project for local graduation purposes?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Under the district policy that is required to implement the Culminating
Project graduation requirement, does the project have to be implemented in the
same way at every high school in the district?
Answer: No. It is up to the district to determine how the Culminating Project
requirement will be locally implemented.
Question: Can the district policy allow two or more students to do a joint
Culminating Project?
Answer: Yes.
Question: Does the Culminating Project have to be done in the student’s senior
year?
Answer: No. This is an issue to be determined by the district’s implementing policy.
Question: If a student transfers from one high school to another, either within the
same school district or between school districts, may the student continue with
their current culminating project?
Answer: Preferably, yes. However, it is up to the district to determine how the
Culminating Project requirement will be locally implemented, including taking
into consideration these kinds of situations.
Question: Does a culminating project have to include community involvement or a
service requirement?
Answer: No. It is up to the district to determine how the Culminating Project
requirement will be locally implemented.
Question: If a parent objects to some aspect of the culminating project on
grounds of safety, inappropriateness, etc., what is the process for responding
to the objection?
Answer: The district’s written policy for implementing the culminating project
graduation requirement should address this possibility.
Question: Where can a district go to find out information about how to implement
this graduation requirement?
Answer: The State Board of Education Web site includes names of districts
with contact information. Districts may want to contact the Washington
State School Directors’ Association (WSSDA)
for any model implementing policy WSSDA may have developed.
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