Im not suggesting its a good program but many schools have some variation of this. It allows them to backfill the slots of students that might drop after a single semester and those seniors that finish in the Fall.
I can’t recall where i read it (so with a grain of salt) but believe the number of participants in Spring Scolar as 80-120.
Thank you both for your experiences shared and the information regarding the program. @Lipton_Woodward, I’m sorry your student had an unsupported experience, and it’s good to hear they were and are able to be so resilient through it all. Wish it was more streamlined for them, especially with the class credits from the first study abroad semester.