As Gainesville City Schools considers reducing the needed credits from 24 to the state-required 23, school leaders say the move doesn’t make classes easier but does enable students to more easily graduate in four years. “I have learned that students that desire to take more courses do, and many of them graduate in four years,” Gainesville Superintendent Merrianne Dyer said. “However, some students don’t make that four-year mark because of that additional unit.”