City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class

It wasn't clear to me what "passes 3 classes in four years" meant, exactly.

To clarify: this high school student failed 22 classes in three years at high school, but was advanced to the next grade and the next level of class (e.g. Spanish 1 -> Spanish 2) in spite of the failures.

Now, at age 17 (when he would graduate this year had he passed his classes) he has "been moved back to ninth grade" to match the number of credits he has earned from the three classes he passed.

To be effective, education has to be a partnership among the student, the parents/guardians, and the school.

The article reads to me like there were significant failures across all three groups, not just the last.

I’ve been depressed before after a bad relationship situation and flunked out of college as a result. Took a couple years of recovery before I went back and dominated each class. This kid could very well have immense potential and is just suffering. We need stronger social safety nets. For example why is this mother working three jobs? In a civilized online world? Let’s roll out universal basic income, people. Time to level up the human experience. No mind should be so trapped this way. Not the parent(s) and not the kid(s).