• 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