'I just want to go to college': Clear Creek ISD senior fights to graduate

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A Clear Creek ISD high school senior says he will be getting a chance to graduate after he was unenrolled from his school while recovering from open heart surgery.

CLEAR LAKE, Texas -- A high school senior says he will be getting a chance to graduate after he was unexpectedly unenrolled from Clear Falls High School while recovering from open-heart surgery.Ward became dangerously sick while on a Spring Break vacation trip to Arizona with his mother, causing him to miss several days of his senior year at Clear Falls High School.

Clear Creek ISD doesn't offer online school, but, according to the district, it does offer remote options in extenuating circumstances."You made exceptions during COVID. like I know the technology is still in place," Evans said. "It took me a couple of days to process it. But then, I was like, 'You know what? No, this isn't right.' That's when I started a Facebook campaign and the change.org campaign.

"I just don't want anybody to have to do it like I did," Ward said."Schools should just make accommodations."The entire team in the Clear Creek Independent School District is committed to providing the necessary instructional support to help each student graduate on time. We recognize there are unique circumstances which may occur in a student's educational journey that, to no fault of their own, takes them off track for graduation.

 

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