SALISBURY Md.
All students who took Advanced Placement exams this year at Wicomico High School may have to retake them after the school accidentally recycled every single one.
School administrators told several families Friday that this spring’s AP exams had been inadvertently destroyed.
Families were told by phone and a letter Friday that the school has requested The College Board provide a retest opportunity. The College Board is considering that request, according to Faye Wilson, school district spokeswoman.
“This is very unfortunate. We accept full responsibility for this situation and we are trying to set it right,” Tom Field, interim superintendent, told The (Salisbury) Daily Times.
The school lost 63 exams taken by 46 students.
The school system will refund students’ test costs of $26 to $332, depending on the number of exams taken. If the tests can be given again, the school will pay for those tests and will also provide AP teachers to help students prepare for the exams, Wilson said.
