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DeWitt Public Schools details alternative pathway to keep credit‑deficient students on track
Summary
DeWitt Public Schools staff described a two‑year "innovative programming" pathway that aims to retain juniors and seniors who are credit‑deficient, using state pupil accounting guidance to preserve student FTE and allowing participants to earn diplomas and walk at graduation.
DeWitt Public Schools staff described an "innovative programming" pathway intended to hold on to high‑school students who were leaving the district for online academies or dropping out after becoming credit‑deficient.
The program, which the district began two years ago and presented to the board at the regular meeting, targets students typically in 11th or 12th grade who are behind on credits and for whom a traditional high‑school schedule is a barrier. Teresa Hoffman, the high school student success coordinator, said the district worked with pupil accounting staff and state auditors to make the program work within state guidance so the district could still capture students' full‑time equivalency while offering a different pathway to graduation.
District staff said the program was developed after counselors and principals identified recurring problems: students with fewer than the credits needed for graduation who were leaving the district for online academies…
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