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Parents ask board to honor summer online course credits after late EOC notice
Summary
Multiple parents asked the governing board to accept summer online course grades for core credit after students were told, shortly before school, that end-of-course exams (EOCs) would be required; parents requested an emergency vote to honor signed off‑campus approvals.
Several parents asked the Cave Creek Unified School District Governing Board to reverse a last-minute enforcement decision that requires students who completed accredited online summer courses to pass end-of-course (EOC) exams for core credit.
Jennifer Ori, a parent and district substitute teacher, said her daughter took an approved accredited online chemistry course this summer and that the required off‑campus approval form did not mention an EOC. "We signed the required form, which made no mention of an end of course exam," Ori said. "Adding new requirements after the fact undermines trust. I'm asking the board to approve her core credit and honor her earned grade."
Several other parents and community members echoed that request. Seceda Shaw, co-president of the Cactus Shadows PTO, told the board administrators admitted to late communication about the EOC requirement and asked the board for an "emergency vote" to honor signed off‑campus forms and grant credit without retroactive EOC requirements. Sarah Fairfield, a parent and district employee, told the board the district had been "misleading and deceitful" in how it communicated the policy change and urged the board to accept the summer course grades immediately and correct students' schedules.
The board did not take an emergency vote at the meeting. Board member Moore asked staff to compile and report specific data in the district weekly update: how many students took summer school, how many were required to take an EOC, how many have taken the test, and how many completed it and passed. Superintendent Dolezal agreed to include that data in the weekly update.
Speakers described the timeline they say the district used to notify families — some parents said notification occurred around July 24, a week before school started — and said the off‑campus approval form did not state an EOC requirement. Parents asked that signed agreements be honored and that schedules be corrected when students earned core credit in accredited courses.
No formal vote or policy change was recorded at the meeting. The board requested data collection and a staff follow-up report; parents indicated they may seek a formal board action if staff recommendations do not resolve the issue.
