What Is an Arterial Blood Gas Test? An arterial blood gas test, commonly known as an ABG, is performed on blood from an artery. It is used to see how well the lungs are functioning and to determine the effectiveness of respiratory therapies, such as the use of a ventilator, CPAP, BiPAP or oxygen.
Drop Date â is the last day in a semester when a student can withdraw from a course before course completion without having a grade assigned for the class. Students that are likely to fail a course may decide to drop (withdraw from) the course to avoid having a failing grade lower their overall grade point average.
The state requires that five of the nine closure days be made up so the last day of school will now be Thursday, June 15. To make up some of the lost instructional time, Friday early releases on April 14, April 21, April 28, and May 5 have been cancelled. School will operate normally on these four Fridays with a regular release time. At the January 24 meeting, the Richland School Board agreed to keep graduation on Friday, June 2. In order to meet state graduation requirements, high school seniors must make up three of the snow closure days. Those three days will be Saturdays April 15, 22, & 29.