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Promotion and Retention

Promotion and Retention Policy

ELEMENTARY (K-5)

A student shall be promoted when, in the professional judgment of the teacher/s and the principal and other professional school staff, he/she has successfully mastered the identified instructional standards of Georgia Public Schools (K-5) and Richmond County Board of Education.

 

State Promotion Requirements

Grades Fourth and Fifth

  •  In addition to State Promotion Requirements in grade five, students in grades fourth and fifth must:

Obtain a passing grade on the report card in

-Mathematics

-Language Arts

Obtain a passing grade on the report card in at least two of the following:

-Social Studies

-Science

-Health

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