School Board policy allows seniors who have met all graduation requirements other than passing the competency test to participate in commencement ceremonies. Those students receive a certificate of completion instead of a diploma, however, unless they go on to pass the competency test in July. Hall said he understood the two Deltona seniors have met all graduation requirements other than passing the competency test. Under a special arrangement requested by Junkins, Fisher has agreed to allow the two seniors to retake the competency test within the next week and hand-score their answers shortly thereafter. Fisher also has agreed to allow the affected Deltona juniors to retake the competency test in July, a testing date usually reserved for seniors and adults trying to finish up their last diploma requirement.
Students take the competency test for the first time in the fall of their junior year.
Those who fail have four more chances before graduation, plus the July test immediately after their normal commencement. The competency test will be replaced as a graduation requirement by the more difficult Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, effective with this year's sophomores. Junkins said a review of Deltona High's testing procedures this week showed the school had followed all the rules and the nine students whose scores were invalidated were only a fraction of those tested in March. She declined to elaborate because of the ongoing investigation. Italian Restaurant Family owned, Beach side, Near motels and shopping center.