Oakland Unified is working to reform an online program designed to help failing students following a scathing civil grand jury report last month that accused the district of awarding some students unearned grades and allowing unqualified students to graduate at one of its high schools.
The district has hired a consultant to review its online credit recovery program before it will allow Castlemont High School to use it in the upcoming school year, which starts August 10 with distance learning districtwide. So-called credit recovery programs enable students to make up traditional classes they failed.
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