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 and Richmond County Board of Education.
State Promotion Requirements
No eighth grade student shall be promoted to the ninth grade that does not achieve grade level on the state-adopted assessment and meet the local promotion standards and criteria established by The Richmond County Board of Education.*
Additional Richmond County Promotion Requirements
To meet promotion requirements students in grades six-eighth must:
a) Obtain a passing grade on the report card in:
-Mathematics
-Language Arts
b) Obtain a passing grade on the report card in at least one of the following:
-Social Studies
-Science
c) Obtain a passing average in at least half of all connections courses.
