The growing number of students and more rigorous academic requirements made way for another expansion program which began in 1998.

Union officials said that improving teachers' performance was important as the state raised academic requirements.

It is also the only youth sports organization with an academic requirement.

With the new academic requirements, the department said, the schools would no longer have enough time to permit teachers and students to design their schedules.

Any student who meets the academic and financial requirements will be admitted under the plan.

St. John's also imposes academic requirements that are beyond those set by the state.

All the teaching staff have met the state academic requirements.

"There was pretty universal agreement that those academic requirements should be the same for everybody," she said.

This honors society is available to those who are in the club and meet the academic requirements.

Players who do not meet certain academic requirements must sit out a year.