Board clarifies credit recovery vs. recapture; trustees add 40–59% recapture language to handbooks

Rock Springs — Trustees heard an education‑corner presentation explaining the district’s credit recovery and credit recapture processes and approved adding recapture eligibility language to student handbooks. During the meeting a presenter explained that credit recovery allows students to retake a failed core class through programs such as summer school or Friday school. The district uses the Edmentum software for credit recovery, the presenter said, describing the process: a pretest, adaptive lessons, teacher oversight and a locked, supervised computer environment so students cannot research answers. The presenter stressed a credit‑recovery credit will still show the original failing grade (an F) on the transcript while later indicating the student has passed the course. Credit recapture was described as a two‑week post‑quarter option for students who have earned between 40 and 59 percent in a course; participation requires teacher approval. If a teacher agrees, the teacher sets the recapture standard and prepares a contract that the teacher, student and parent must sign. Administrators told trustees the 40–59 percent baseline appears on the student contract but was not previously spelled out in the handbook. Following discussion, a motion to amend student handbook language to include the recapture threshold (students with grades between 40–59% may pursue recapture and must initiate the process with their teacher) was offered and approved. Trustees asked that the language be inserted consistently across all school handbooks.