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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on how old they are. If they’re still 18 when the new school year starts, they have to come back and repeat whatever classes they failed. If they’re 19, and not sped or EL designated, they cannot begin a school year at that age and need to get their GED. Most districts no longer do summer school ([b]only garbage “credit recovery”)[/b] so that’s likely not an option. If he needs an A this quarter it likely means he got a 50 floor for quarters 1,2,3 and the only way to average a 60 for the year (passing) is to get a 90 this quarter.

Anecdotally, I’ve never seen in a student in that position, grade-wise, pull it out. If they’re failing the course this late in the year, especially in math, which builds on itself and demands mastery of skills along the way to complete the final quarter content, they tend to fail it. Depending on how bad he fails it he MAY be eligible for credit recovery but it would mean he doesn’t walk because he won’t be cleared to graduate.

It should be said that with all the “safety net” policies in place now (50 floor, endless retakes, credit recovery, etc), a kid truly has to TRY to let it get this bad. It is not just zero effort- it is zero effort AND avoiding taking any of the help offered. I do not feel bad for them anymore when they’re in this position. There’s so many enabling policies built in to help them that if they manage to be failing despite all that, they deserve to.

-hs teacher [/quote]

Credit recovery is exactly what this kid needs -- earn credit for the class he failed and move on.[/quote]

Credit recovery is an absolute joke. Kids who turned in zero work all year do 3 little worksheets and get a 60%. We might as well just hand them diplomas the day they walk in for 9th grade and then tell them to have fun vaping and walking the halls for the next 4 years at this point. [/quote]

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