Credit Recovery / Grade Enhancement

Credit Recovery

It is critical that every student is cognizant of his or her academic standing and potential need to recover credit.
Per semester, students receive .5 credit for every class he/she earns a “D” or higher in. If a student earns an “F”, he or she does not receive credit
Core courses (English, Math, etc.) are needed for graduation and world languages are needed for scholarships and college. If a student takes a core course or world language and does not earn semester credit, he/she must retake it and successfully recover the missing .5 credit by the end of the following semester.
If a course is not recovered by the deadline, a student may be jeopardizing his/her enrollment status at BDCHS
A student may recover an honors or AP course by taking either the honors or regular level of that course.
By recovering a course, grade enhancement may also apply if the student earns a “C” or higher in the recovery attempt (please refer to the right-hand side column)

Grade enhancement applies when a student retakes a class and the new, higher grade replaces the old, lower grade for his/her unweighted GPA.
Only high school classes one earns a “D” or “F” in are eligible for grade enhancement AND a student must then earn a “C” or higher in the recovery course for the original grade to be enhanced
For high school-level classes taken in middle school, a student may retake a class for grade enhancement that he/she earned a C or lower in, but, for enhancement purposes, must earn a C or higher in the second attempt
Core course grades may only be enhanced with a grade earned from the same, retaken course. A student may take either the honors or regular level of the original course.
Elective course grades may be enhanced with the grade earned from the same, retaken course, or, if the same course is unavailable, a different elective course

Both GPAs are effected:

Unweighted (state); two circumstances:
- –If a “C” or higher is earned it will replace the original grade in the uGPA calculation
- –If a “D” or “F” is earned it will not replace the original grade, but will go on the transcript
Weighted (district) – the original grade remains and the recovery grade is added to the transcript
Please note: the original and recovery grades will always be shown on the student’s transcript