If anyone misread the stim, like myself, the question stem actually confirms who's reasoning it is. "The educators' reasoning...". Something I glazed over which would have completely fixed my view of the stim had I noticed.

I took dual enrollment classes during HS and took classes the summer after HS graduation at the same institution (before beginning my freshman year at my 4-year uni) to finish my AA. Do those summer classes count in the LSAC GPA? It was technically after I graduated HS, but I'm not sure.