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District outlines summer credit-recovery and regents supports as attendance lags
Summary
Board heard staff describe credit-recovery programs, boot camps and targeted summer programming for students behind on credits and regents exams; district reported 357 students currently identified as needing summer school to qualify for August graduation and emphasized chronic absenteeism as a major barrier.
District staff on May 13 detailed interventions aimed at helping students recover course credit and pass New York State regents exams, and urged stronger efforts to address chronic absenteeism that staff say is depressing outcomes.
Presenters said currently identified needs include 357 students who would require summer coursework to be on track for August graduation if they do not pass required exams. Staff described several recovery options: marking-period recovery during school breaks, online credit recovery, extended-day tutoring, Saturday programming and redesigned summer learning recovery. The district also ran…
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