- December 16, 2025
According to current district policy, accelerated middle school students taking high school classes must receive a grade of an A or a B in order to receive credit for the class. But that could change, according to Diane Dyer, director of high school and virtual curriculum and instruction.
One year ago, the state mandated the incorporation of end-of-course exams, or EOCs, which, if passed, entitle a student for course credit regardless of his semester grade.
“(We) started (this policy to) ensure that (a student’s) grade point average would be high going into high school,” Dyer told the Flagler County School Board, March 6. “If we forced them to retake courses … we would save their GPA.”
In the new policy, retakes are optional, not mandatory.
“The concern is that a student may receive a C or D but (still) pass the EOC and be entitled to credit by state law,” Dyer added. “But (that student) won’t receive credit by district policy.”
If an EOC is passed, however, it cannot be retaken. This would be a concern only to students who barely squeak by, scoring a 60 or above on the test, should they want to retake so as not to hurt their GPA.
To make retaking courses easier for students, Dyer explained, shortened summer classes will also be offered. Like the old policy, once a class is retaken and passed, the previous grade for the class is struck from a student’s transcript.
There are currently 386 middle school students taking high school courses. EOC retakes are currently scheduled in July and December.
A town-hall meeting on the policy, which would affect this year’s eighth-graders, is currently being scheduled.
