Lake Weir principal Cynthia Saunders said the program had a huge impact. She was worried about students since other programs, such as GED Exit Option, were changed by the state in 2009-10.
“We offered (credit recovery labs) all day and after school all year,” said Saunders, stating that many of her students did not have Internet access that was fast enough to take courses at home through virtual school.
She said the credit recovery at school helped students get those last few credits. They even walked with their class at graduation.
And officials say if that alone is not reason enough to continue the programs, hundreds of middle school students also participated in unit recovery and elementary school children attended summer school to get prepared for FCAT.
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