cub
REPORTER
October 19, 2011
Lawrence Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
Continuing the
Volume 63, Issue 4
legacy
For the second time in Lawrence Central history, the boy’s cross country team is moving on from regionals in their quest to compete in the state meet. The varisty line up, from left, includes juniors Adam Turner, Matt Dorsey, senior Sean Gassen, sophomore Kenny Thomas, junior Cole Hester, senior Ross Pereira and junior Chandler Ball. The boys came in 5th of ten teams. courtesy photo The Spirit of Central is marching toward Semi-State at Ben Davis this Saturday. Junior Kelly Reinke traverses across the field while playing the clarinet during this year’s show, Drumatic. Cub photo/Coleman LaBarr
New skip-a-final policy OKs seniors but ends privilege for underclassmen KatieBillman
katiebillmancub@gmail.com
Seniors may skip one final in the fall and as many finals as they qualify for in the spring. Before making the decision on the policy, principal
Thomas Oeistreich met with 15 other Marion County high school principals to discuss the rule on Oct. 3. Only two out of the 16 schools, Southport and Perry Meridian, have a policy that allows students to skip a
final if they have perfect attendance. Their policies fall under different regulations such as attendance and grade point average, but they still apply mainly to seniors. Other schools that include
Lawrence North, Ben Davis and Roncalli do not offer the opportunity to any students. Seniors here who want to skip finals have to meet certain criteria to be eligible. Skipping a final is now under the teach-
ers’ discretion, and the seniors must have an average of a 92.5 percent in that class. Although the eligibility was based on attendance in the past, it’s not required that the students have -Please see Finals on page 5