Grade recoup is an attempt to help students pass the marking period. All recoup work must be completed ten school days after the issuance of report cards.
Athletes currently playing a sport have five school days to reinstate eligibility.
END-of-YEAR PROMOTION:
Cecil County Public Schools requires the following minimum number of accumulated credits to advance from one grade to another at the end of each school year.
Grade 9 to 10 - 5 Credits (2nd year in high school) (Four of the five credits must be in *core subjects.)
Grade 10 to 11 - 11 Credits (3rd year in high school) (Six of the eleven credits must be *core subjects.)
Grade 11 to 12 - 17 Credits (4th year in high school) (Eight of the seventeen credits must be in *core subjects.)
MID-YEAR PROMOTION:
A student who has been retained may be promoted mid-year if that student has the potential to earn enough credits during the second semester to move ahead to the next grade level.
Repeat 9th Grader: Must have earned enough credits through mid-year that, if all credits are earned during the second semester, the student will have at least 11 credits. (Five of the eleven credits must be earned in *core subjects.)
Repeat 10th Grader: Must have earned enough credits through mid-year that, if all credits are earned during the second semester, the student will have at least 17 credits. (Eight of the seventeen credits must be earned in *core subjects.)
Repeat 11th Grader: Must have earned enough credits through mid-year that, if all credits are earned during the second semester, the student will meet all credit requirements for graduation.
* English, science, math, social studies, or world language.