ROGERS — Teacher training days in January and February will become student days to help make up days missed because of snow after a vote Tuesday by the Rogers School Board.

The last day of school for students will be May 29. The end of the second quarter will be moved to after students come back from winter vacation, and Jan. 20 and Feb. 17 will become school days. Teachers will be out of school May 30 and administrators are still working on a plan for teachers to make up two missed training days. If there is more snow the plan will change, administrators said.

“More than likely we are going to have the opportunity to revisit this,” said Jerry Carmichael, board president before the vote.

The schedule will remain unchanged for Eastside Elementary School, which is on a continuous learning calendar and had five snow days built into its intersession.

Board members discussed policy on high school credits transferred into the Rogers district during the meeting Tuesday.

A revised policy would specify high school credits from state accredited schools or schools accredited through recognized organizations such as AdvancED would be automatically accepted. Principals would be responsible for evaluating credits for transfer from home school or unaccredited schools.

The proposed policy also eliminates any pass/fail grade awards.

The proposal matches what is in place at the high schools, said Robert Moore, assistant superintendent for secondary curriculum and instruction. Last year the district learned they cannot have a pass/fail grade on any student’s high school transcript, but the transfer policy wasn't changed. No changes will be made to transcripts based on the policy’s adoption, Moore said.

Principals can award credit, deny credit or place a student in class and see if their work in Rogers schools matches what their incoming transcript says. Placing a student in class also allows parents to gather coursework to document student work.

“If we see the same level of performance then we will grant that credit at the end of the first semester,” Moore said.

Curtis Clements, a board member, asked if the grades transfer as the same letter grades or if the principals have discretion about the grade.

“We would never modify the grades,” Moore said. “We accept the credit or we do not.”

Only a couple students a year, mostly transferring from home school or international schools, would fall under the policy, Moore said. The grades on home school transcripts have been fairly consistent with the student’s performance in Rogers schools, Moore told the board.

Some courses are easier to transfer than others, Janie Darr, superintendent told the board.

Some courses might not meet graduation requirements and might not transfer, Moore said.

Moore said during his time as a principal he had international students come to him and he and the parents sat down to determine what the classes would transfer as. Other schools might label courses Mathematics I through IV for high school, Moore said.

“It really is a case-by-case, course-by-course decision,” he said.