By Jennifer Eisenbart
Editor
The Burlington Area School District School Board approved requests for student Youth Options courses Monday night.
The approval followed a presentation by Burlington High School Assistant Principal Mike Raether the week before on the fall semester of classes. For the fall semester, there are 39 students enrolled in 47 classes at four different universities or colleges.
Fifty-nine students have requested courses at five different colleges for the spring semester. Youth Options allows students to take college courses to receive credit. The district pays the cost of the credits.
The majority of the credits being requested at BHS come at Gateway Technical College, with classes ranging from “Perm Techniques” to “Aero Science – Aviation Weather.”
Raether explained that in order for a student to apply for the credits, the classes could not be already offered at Burlington High School.
Also included in the Youth Options courses are students enrolled in the EMT Basic class at Gateway. Through the Burlington High School EMT program, students can serve as student members of the Burlington Area Rescue Squad, and have scheduled shifts as such.
“I just think that’s a tremendous program that is rolling at our high school right now,” Raether said at the meeting. A number of students who have gone through the EMT program have gone either into medical fields in college and beyond, and have joined the Burlington Area Rescue Squad as full-fledged members.
Students also requested classes at Alverno College, Milwaukee Area Technical College, the University of Wisconsin–Parkside and Waukesha County Technical College, with the cost estimated about $35,000.
The district is required to participate in the Youth Options program by the state. BASD covers the cost of tuitions and fees so long as students pass the course. If students fail or drop the course, they are required to deal with the cost.
For the fall semester, students recorded three grades of “A,” six of “B” and two of “C,” while another 23 receiving a “pass” in courses at Gateway and two students failing.
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