Students at Simmons Career Center have two opportunities each year to take the FCAT. For the Oct. 8, 2014, test day, the school administration organized a rally to show its support. Parents and faculty lined up outside of the testing area and cheered for the students as they walked through. Chief of Police Ed Duncan and Assistant City Manager for Public Safety Bill McDaniel also came out to support the students. The school provided T-shirts that said, “#We’veGotThis.”