This article reports on a student option to earn a high school diploma from a Maine private school. Frustrated in their attempts to pass the state graduation test and receive high school diplomas, some Florida students are securing the prized credentials by a different route: a private school in Lewiston, Maine. For many of those students, including recent Haitian immigrants in Miami, the primary roadblock to passing the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test has been a lack of skills in written English. The unorthodox maneuver is drawing attention among parents around the country--particularly those with children in special education--who have sought ways around state exit exams that they believe are unfairly denying their children diplomas. However, Florida Department of Education spokeswoman Frances Marine said state officials believe the program offers students a misleading shortcut. She added that giving teenagers that credential without having tested them academically amounts to "setting them up for failure."