Board approves optional summer remediation and retesting after debate over timing and teacher impact

The Winston‑Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education on March 4 approved an optional summer remediation and retesting program that allows students who did not pass an EOG or EOC to return after the school year to receive brief remediation and retake exams.

The proposal, presented by Andrew Craft, chief accountability officer, would offer remediation and retesting on Tuesday, May 27, and Wednesday, May 28, with child nutrition and transportation provided. Craft emphasized the option is voluntary for families and noted some state testing exceptions: “They are renorming the science test. And so the science test will not be included this year in retesting,” he said, and second‑semester high school EOCs and fifth‑ and eighth‑grade science (and biology) would not be available for retesting this year because of the renorming.

Board members pressed staff on practical details, including who gives tests, teacher workload and costs. Board member Brown Gaither asked whether teachers who teach a tested subject can administer…