Admissions and Continued Enrollment Policies and Procedures

SECTA is a very competitive select school offering students the upmost in a challenging academic, career and technical training. Reflecting the higher standards of a select school, students maintain the highest academic, attendance and behavioral standards at all times at SECTA and within the CCSD guidelines. Graduating SECTA students stand out in terms of marketability in business/industry and college admissions placement.

Once accepted to SECTA, students must maintain the same standards in which they were accepted under.  As long as students maintain the following standards, they will automatically be enrolled for the following/next school year:

• Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
• Maintain excellent/good attendance as stated in the CCSD guidelines.
• Maintain excellent/good behavioral standards as stated in the CCSD guidelines.

Students will be asked to return to their zoned high school when one or more of the following conditions are met:

• Student earns 3 or more semester F's in one school year.
• Cumulative GPA drops below 2.0 GPA.
• Behavioral Standards fall below SECTA's expectations and/or a student is referred to an alternative placement.
• Attendance exceeds the CCSD guidelines and/or the student receives denial of credit due to attendance.
• Student earns a D or F for 1st or 2nd semester in a career and technical major, introduction class to a career and technical major, or Tools for Success. Seniors receiving a D/F for 1st semester of senior year in their Career and Technical Major may be asked to enroll in Adult Education.
• Probationary students who do not improve their academic, attendance and behavior within the SECTA guidelines.  Students may only be placed on probationary status one time during their high school education at SECTA.
• Students earning a semester D or F in their career and technical major are not eligible to earn their Career and Technical Certifications and thus must return to their zoned high school.

Students will be placed on probationary status when one or more of the following conditions are met:

• Student earns 1 and/or 2 semester F's within one school year.
• Semester GPA drops below 2.0 GPA.

Students will be placed on probationary/non-return status when one or more of the following conditions are met based on 3rd quarter grades, in order to meet pre-registration deadlines for CCSD Summer School:

• Student earns 1 or 2 D's or F's or in any combination for 3rd quarter grades.
• Previous probationary students who earn a D or F for 3rd quarter grades.

After second semester grades are posted, students whose academic status improves to all C's or better for 2nd semester would not be on probation. 

Probationary students must meet the following conditions in order to return to SECTA for the following school year:

• Students must repeat the failed classes externally/summer school prior to the start of the next school year earning a C or better. It is strongly suggested that students/parents utilize CCSD summer school in which to do this.  Students must register for summer school prior to mid-May with the student's "alpha counselor".  However, for some families, external credit options may be utilized with the approval of the student's "alpha counselor" and the SECTA administration.  Failed classes, however, cannot be made up during the school day.  SECTA's 7 and 9 period days are in place for students to increase their academic success, not repeat academic failure. When a failed class is not offered externally/summer school, a student must take the entire one credit (1st and 2nd semester) of either PE II or one of their required social studies credits for the following school year.  Then the student will be allowed to repeat the entire failed class during the following school year.
• Students must return a copy of their probationary contract signed by both the student and parent and provide proof of successful completion of summer school/external credit to the Admissions Office no later than mid-August in order to return to SECTA.  Failure to do so will result in the student's schedule/registration material being withheld.
• The administration reserves the right to return probationary students on "space availability" only for their current Career and Technical Major.  Probationary students are unable to apply for a Career and Technical Major change until their status improves.

First Day of School: Students not attending school on the first day of school may be withdrawn from SECTA. Students would need to reapply to SECTA based on space availability.  Students whose family situation does not allow for attendance of the first day of school, must follow district procedures and fill out a “prearranged absence” form with the Deans' office prior to the first day of school.