Yet another reason to use private or homeschools

[richard]

District nixes cash-for-grades fundraiser

BY LYNN BONNER - Staff Writer
Selling candy didn't raise much money last year, so a Goldsboro middle school tried selling grades.

However, the fundraiser came to an abrupt halt today after a story in the News & Observer raised concerns about the the practice of selling grades.

Wayne County school administrators stopped the fundraiser, issuing a statement this morning.

"Yesterday afternoon, the district administration met with [Rosewood Middle School principal] Mrs. Shepherd and directed the the following actions be taken: (1) the fundraiser will be immediately stopped; (2) no extra grade credit will be issued that may have resulted from donations; and (3) beginning Novermber 12, all donations will be returned."


A $20 donation to Rosewood Middle School would have gotten a student 20 test points - 10 extra points on two tests of the student's choosing. That could raise a B to an A, or a failing grade to a D.

Susie Shepherd, the principal, said a parent advisory council came up with the idea, and she endorsed it. She said the council was looking for a new way to raise money.

"Last year they did chocolates, and it didn't generate anything," Shepherd said.

Unbelievable.

The principal ought to be fired, and every member of the parent advisory council should be replaced.
To think that a bonehead idea like that would even work is beyond me.

The principal even went on to defend her decision:

Shepherd rejected the suggestion that the school is selling grades. Extra points on two tests won't make a difference in a student's final grade, she said.

It's wrong to think that "one particular grade could change the entire focus of nine weeks," Shepherd said.

"Hey! Let's teach our kids that it's ok to buy your way through school! You don't need to learn anything! Just give money!"

[george1861]

I suspect grade coruption is rampant in many areas.

[Maxf1ex]

(NBC) – Just like a scene out of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” two Manchester, CT, high school students are accused of changing grades.

The clever kids apparently watched a school administrator log into the system, recorded the username and password used, then accessed the system and changed various grades and attendance records, police said.


Mother’s Little Helper: Mother Accused of Changing Daughter’s Grades and SAT Score on School Computer System
Published 1, June 26, 2009 (The Weekly Vice) — Carolyn Maria McNeal, 39, is a mother who values education and will not tolerate bad grades. The high-school secretary in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania is accused of using a co-worker’s password to change her daughter’s poor grades. Of course, her better performance would be meaningless without allegedly lowering the grades of at least two other students.

Four high school students are charged of hacking into the Fort Bend Independent School District's computer network and altering grades for at least 60 students, as reported by the district officials.

The case could be regarded as a felony case, since the financial loss of the act is estimated at about $190,000. According to the law, an action leading to a loss of $100,000 to $200,000 should be called a second-degree felony, which carries a penalty of two to twenty years of prison.

COOPER CITY, Fla. (WSVN) -- As the first report cards of the year are mailed home, school board officials say the consequences will be severe for the students responsible for hacking into a computer system containing student files and grades.

The Broward Sheriff's Office is assisting the School Board's Special Investigations Unit (S.I.U.) in an investigation to determine who infiltrated the computer system at Cooper City High School, located at 9401 Stirling Road. The hackers may have changed grades, attendance records and community service hours required for graduation for almost two dozen students.

No way, students are to honest to change there grades.

Of course maybe we should look at it like this. By buying the grades, no major laws are broken?

And how did I miss this one!!

Cumberland County school officials have finished investigating students who allegedly had grade irregularities, the superintendent said Tuesday.

But the probe into issues that may involve actions taken by Terry Sanford High School's principal is continuing, several sources said.

Principal Diane Antolak was suspended last week with pay while school officials investigate allegations involving impropriety of grade reporting.

The allegation was made to Superintendent Frank Till Jr.'s office on Nov. 4, said spokeswoman Wanda McPhaul.

[richard]

Maybe we should push for Universal Grade Care....those who cannot afford to buy good grades can have them provided for them, at taxpayers' expense.

[Maxf1ex]

Why not, if a schools team no longer keeps score because it might lower a child's self-esteem. Then should not the grades also be divided fairly between all the students?