maxx: I agree! Kids who don't do squat all year then get free summer school [[and cause problems along the way) is one of the reasons I don't teach summer school anymore. I didn't mind when the kids/parents had to pay for it because they didn't cause as many issues and if they did, they failed summer school, too.

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Summer school: Goof around all school year, then take a class for six weeks that gives you credit for a semester or a year. Such a deal!

The charter school where I taught gave me an idea of how a lot of kids try to scam the system. They fluffed off the special classes because they didn't affect their promotions and did as little as possible in the core classes. Then they went to summer school.

I had heard that Ferndale was trying to set up a completely computerized summer school so that students would have to reach certain goals in order to get credit. I don't know if that ever panned out.