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District clarifies "unclassified" student counts; administrators cite attendance and credit recovery challenges
Summary
Sumter School District officials told trustees that promotion standards were revised to align with state calculations and reported hundreds of students across cohorts who remain short of required credits; administrators said attendance, course sequencing and credit-recovery capacity are factors.
At the April 7 meeting the Sumter School District administration presented changes to promotion and classification standards and gave a snapshot of how many students across cohorts are not on track for graduation.
Dr. Tabitha Harriott and Dr. Shirley Gamble said the district updated its promotion standards to align with state calculations used by the Education Oversight Committee and the South Carolina ‘‘9GR’’ cohort method. Officials said that cohort alignment affects how students are classified (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) for accountability and reporting.
Using data dated April 4, administrators reported…
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