The Carl Sandburg College Board of Trustees last Thursday approved an additional option to the school’s grading policy.
The policy will including a new grading option, designated as the letter “N” to reflect administrative non-punitive withdrawals for special circumstances.
The school says that the grade will only be used in extreme situations that affect the entire campus — such as a natural disaster or pandemic, allowing a student not to be penalized in areas of financial aid or grade point average in the same way that a “W,” or withdrawal, would.
In other business, the board accepted several grants were accepted, totaling over $11,620.
The school accepted $1,000 from the Walmart Foundation Local Community Grant to support the school’s Take Charge of Hunger Program.
$2,500 was accepted from the Nonprofit Response Grant through the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri to be distributed to the Carl Sandburg College Foundation crisis grant awardees from Hancock County.
Lastly, $8,120 in grant money was accepted through the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support the Corporate & Leisure College’s English Language Acquisition program. The grant will allow the school to offer the course for free for up to 60 adult ELA learners in 2020-21 and expand it’s offerings to the branch campus in Carthage.
The Board of Trustees also approved four bids, totaling $561,180.48, for protection, health, and safety projects at the main campus in Galesburg.
The board approved a bid for about $213,995 from Kelly Glass for the replacement of doors on Buildings C, D, and E. A bid of about $231,842.48 for Kreiling Roofing for the roof replacement of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence. (CME)
Also approved was a $97,901 bid for accessible sidewalks to the CME from Knapp Concrete Contractors and a $17,442 bid to J.P. Benbow Plumbing and Heating for air handling unit replacement in the school’s server room.
Trustees also approved adding an option to the school’s grading policy, to be issued when natural disasters or pandemics affect the school, reflecting a non-punitive withdrawal for special circumstances for students.
