The city has 108 new high school graduates.

Superintendent Tracy Curley told the School Committee during its April 29 meeting that those 108 people were students between 2003 and 2024, but their MCAS scores prevented them from graduating.

Now that MCAS scores are no longer a graduation requirement, the Fall River Public Schools has encouraged alumni of B.M.C. Durfee High School, Robert L. Medeiros Resiliency Preparatory Academy, or Stone Day School who earned a certificate of completion rather than a diploma to apply to have their transcript reviewed to see if they're eligible for a high school diploma instead. 

Because MCAS test scores may have kept students from crossing the stage, the school district will give diplomas to students who met all other graduation requirements, after a full transcript review is conducted.

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