Three Los Angeles seniors who failed a required class, were able to transfer to a credit-recovery school for two days, pass and return to graduate with classmates, reports the Los Angeles Times. Teachers are annoyed.
The students withdrew from STEM Academy of Hollywood as late as June 13, a Wednesday, attended the adjacent Alonzo Community Day School the next day, and checked back into STEM to graduate that Friday.Teachers are annoyed indeed.
It makes you wonder a lot of things: the idea that the other school was "adjacent", the idea that you can "drop out" with two days to go, the idea that the second school's standards are so low that the kids failing at school #1 can take a few quizzes and tests in 2 days and pass and then re-enroll in time to graduate, and the idea that STEM "has" to accept the credits.
Alonzo, the alternative school, is intended for students who are at risk of dropping out. Although it has a traditional school day, it measures credits only by work completed, not the time the students spend in class, said Principal Victorio R. Gutierrez.
How about growing some cajones and refusing to let them re-enroll? It's obvious to all but the most insufferable twit that they are gaming the system. At least delay the acceptance of the credits until after some paperwork has been done -- just long enough to keep them from walking with the rest.
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Credit recovery is pretty much a fraud everywhere from my understanding. At my school the students have realized if they fail "real English" they can go into CR English pass a "mastery" exam and do nothing at all besides. It's a joke and the students learned nothing.
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