An F student ranked near the top 1/2 of his class. Only passed 3 classes in 4 yr

[powderman]

   
An F student ranked near the top 1/2 of his class. Only passed 3 classes in 4 yr
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/baltimore-student-fails-classes-top-half

Baltimore HS student fails all but 3 classes over 4 years, ranks near top half of class
Tiffany France's son still ranked at No. 62 in his class of 120 total students
By Audrey Conklin | Fox News

'Baltimore HS student fails all but 3 classes over 4 years, ranks near top half of class'
A Baltimore high school student failed all but three classes over four years and almost graduated near the top half of his class with a 0.13 GPA, according to a local report.

Tiffany France, the mother of the failing student, thought her son would be receiving his diploma from Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in June. However, she was surprised to discover that he is being sent back to the ninth grade to start over.

"He's stressed, and I am, too. I told him I'm probably going to start crying," France told FOX 45 Baltimore.


Tiffany France (WBFF) (WBFF)

France expressed frustration with the school, asking why her son would have to complete three more years of high school after "the school failed him."

France's son failed 22 classes and was late or absent 272 days over his first three years of high school. Only one teacher requested a parent-teacher conference, but France said that didn't happen. Despite this, her son still ranked 62nd in his class out of 120 total students.

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"The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that's the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn't deserve that," she said.

FOX 45 found that hundreds of students are flunking classes at the Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in west Baltimore.


A Baltimore City Student passes three classes in four Years, and ranks near the top half of the class with a 0.13 GPA (WBFF) (WBFF)

France says she has three children and works three jobs, and didn't realize her son was failing until February. Even though he was failing classes, the school continued to promote him; after failing Spanish I and Algebra I, for example, the school still allowed him to take Spanish II and Algebra II.

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"I'm just assuming that if you are passing, that you have the proper things to go to the next grade and the right grades, you have the right credits," France told FOX 45.

She continued: "I feel like they never gave my son an opportunity, like if there was an issue with him, not advancing or not progressing, that they should have contacted me first, three years ago."

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Augusta Fells did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Fox News. An administrator for Baltimore City Public Schools who spoke on the condition on anonymity told FOX 45's investigative team that the high school did fail France's son.


A Baltimore City Student passes three classes in four Years, and ranks near the top half of the class with a 0.13 GPA (WBFF) (WBFF)

"I get angry. There's nothing but frustration. We see on the news the crime that occurs, the murders, the shootings, we know that there are high levels of poverty in Baltimore," the administrator said. "Things like this are adding to that. His transcript is not unusual to me. I've seen many transcripts, many report cards, like this particular student."

The school district sent a two-page statement to FOX 45 saying students had received letters in the mail informing them of their academic status over the summer and that parents receive automated voice messages when students miss class. The district also said it conducts home visits to check in on students, but France said no one checked in on her son.

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"City Schools is reviewing actions that impacted student outcomes at the Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts before the 2020-2021 school year," the statement reads.

France pulled her son out of the school, and he is currently enrolled in an accelerated program that could allow him to graduate in 2023.

[Dee]

He could be our next president. He exceeds the present qualifications.

[BUGEYE]

He is severely lacking in butt spankings with a hickory switch from babyhood.
And the school is lacking for passing him on forward.  He should have been held back years earlier.

[Casull]

There is no "passing" in high school from one grade to another.  If you fail all your classes in your freshman year, you just come back the next year.  You may think you are a sophomore, but you're simply still in high school.  By the fourth year, if you don't have the necessary hours completed, you just don't graduate.  It's not like grade school.

[scattershot]

Of course, his mother blames the school district.

[Land_Owner]

There were only 419 students enrolled in that "so called" public school in 2018, when this boy entered HS.  A Grade Point AVERAGE of 0.13 (out of 4.0), ranking 62nd out of 120 students in his class, puts him IN not near "the top half."  That is truancy level participation and THAT lies squarely on the apathetic PARENT(s), the apathetic school, and the apathetic School Board.

The Baltimore City Public School Superintendent, Sonja Brookins Santelises, wrote in a December 1, 2020 Op Ed, Teaching Opinion (about Covid), "Parents Are Watching Like Never Before. ‘Trust Us’ Isn’t Enough":

For the first time ever, parents can see what exactly we’re giving their children— and what we’re not. They are hearing how we talk to students. They are coming to know, through all that we do, what we believe about their children.

Out of the context of the article (pandemic schooling), but HOW PROPHETIC a statement is that?  I infer the EXACT OPPOSITE with results as indicated just shy of 60 students in that school's Senior Class FAILING with LESS THAN a 0.13 GPA.  How many students PASSED?  That will be telling too.  "Trust Us" ISN'T enough.  What they "believe" about their students is Unicorns farting rainbows - apparently.

[Ranger99]

Yeah,  I'm not surprised at all 
Every time I read one of these
stories ( and there are a bunch
to read) I always think of a few
years back when the high school
I graduated from was almost closed
down because of the extremely
low test scores of the students and
the extremely low graduation rate.
The student IQ average was very low,
something like that of a 4th grader
from decades before.
Also reminds me of some years back
when my nephew was young and his
teacher at the time was advocating
for him to be jumped ahead a couple
of grades since he was way ahead of
most of the other students in his
reading comprehension and other
scholarly skills, but the PTB said
NO NO NO NO NO, we can't do that
no way no how. It wouldn't be "fair "
to the other students and might
cause hard feelings for some

That's what's wrong with the country.
The best and brightest are held back
from developing further and knocked
back down to those that can't hack it
in order to salve feelings.
That's why other countries are
leaving us in the dirt