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Morris says Coffee County freshman campus saw 97% first‑semester credit success
Summary
At a Coffee County School Board meeting, Morris of George Washington College Freshman Campus described a three-part plan (recovery retesting, credit checks, milestone retests) and said 97% of ninth graders earned credits to advance after the first semester; the campus aims for a 92% target.
Morris, representing George Washington College Freshman Campus, told the Coffee County School Board the campus’ school-improvement plan centers on three strategies — year-recovery retesting, systematic credit checks and milestone retesting — and reported strong early results.
“After first semester, we had 97% of our students get the credits they need to go to tenth grade,” Morris said, attributing that result to sustained recovery and credit-monitoring efforts. He said the campus’ formal target is 92% and that the first-semester rate exceeded expectations.
Morris described year‑recovery as a pause-and-reteach model in which teachers reteach material and allow students to retest so improved scores replace earlier failing grades. He said the program helps keep students on track for graduation by focusing attention on ninth-grade credit accumulation.
On state milestone retesting, Morris said 73 students were eligible to retest and 18 moved from a level 1 to a level 2 after the second test, raising the milestone pass rate from 46% to 50% for that cohort. “That may not sound great — 50% is not where we want to be — but it is an improvement and consistent with incoming trends from eighth grade,” he said.
A board member asked whether the district planned to convert the campus to a 9–12 model; Morris said keeping ninth grade separate helps students mature and better prepares them for tenth grade.
The board placed the presentation on the consent agenda for the regular meeting; no formal vote was recorded during the presentation.
The campus said it will continue monitoring credit checks and retesting outcomes and report updates at future meetings.
