In the Salinas Union High School District, California, diplomas are presented to qualified students at the end of either the fall or the spring semester. Graduation requirements specify courses, number of semesters, proficiency (or remedial in lieu of substitution), and number of cumulative units. Therefore, at mid-year two bodies of seniors are released from the class. The first, and by far the largest, consists of those who have completed semester, course, and unit requirements and who have requested graduation. The second group is comprised of released nongraduates who have elected an alternative fulfillment of requirements, but for whom no transfer of permanent records has occurred. This second group plans to graduate and usually does so with their class at the conclusion of the spring semester. At the conclusion of the fall semester, school year 1973-74, at least 195 of the approximately 1,200 students in the senior class were released. (Author/WM)