Baltimore schools delayed implementing a grade policy in August that would have prevented six schools from fielding any sports teams.
Baltimore City Public Schools’ (BCPS) policy would have restricted student athletes who had not achieved at least a 2.0 (“C”) GPA in summer school or the last quarter of the preceding academic year from competing in fall sports like football, reported The Baltimore Sun. The old rule only mandated that students not have failed more than one class per quarter.
“We’re making sure we’re being fair to students who are affected by this and may not have fully understood what was at play before,” BCPS executive director of whole child services and support Sarah Warren told The Sun.
“There’s been situations that have come across my desk where a student may have been living with their grandmother, and their grandmother passes,” BCPS chief academic officer Sean Conley said. “This student may have been an A or B student, but then the grades just plummeted. We want to make sure we’re looking at the student as more of a totality than at just that one moment.”
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There you have it governor Hogan
ReplyDeletegive me a break. so just how many students that are on these teams went from a's and b's to failing everything? I call BS! what's more important to these kids futures? accepting failure! way to go B'more!
ReplyDeleteRight now all those students that want to play sports need is a D- average. Playing sports is supposed to be a privilege, and for good students, not the retards of the school!
ReplyDeleteFunniest and saddest thing I have heard in a long time - lets focus on academics and skip the sports - training them to take a knee during the National Anthem is not my idea of sports anyway!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe same applies to college grades.
ReplyDeleteAnd these high school kids aren't "retards", they're kids who have zero parental control or support and who are surrounded 24/7 by bad influences.
so why do we as taxpayers have to accept this bs? time for mass sterilization?
ReplyDeleteha
ReplyDeleteThese students are getting rewarded by failing. Sounds like the complete Baltimore government that Hogan keeps dumping MD tax dollars in their pockets. Hogan where is the accountability?
ReplyDeleteIs Obama still President ?
DeleteAs usual play the race card to push agendas how about personal responsibility if yo're kid is a c or d average you don't deserve Anything .
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