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City student passes 3 classes in four years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA
Fox 5 ^ | 3/1/21

Posted on 03/05/2021 2:17:19 AM PST by Altura Ct.

A shocking discovery out of a Baltimore City high school, where Project Baltimore has found hundreds of students are failing. It’s a school where a student who passed three classes in four years, ranks near the top half of his class with a 0.13 grade point average.

Tiffany France thought her son would receive his diploma this coming June. But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade.

As we dig deeper into her son’s records, we can see in his first three years at Augusta Fells, he failed 22 classes and was late or absent 272 days. But in those three years, only one teacher requested a parent conference, which France says never happened. No one from the school told France her son was failing and not going to class.

“He's stressed and I am too. I told him I'm probably going to start crying. I don't know what to do for him,” France told Project Baltimore. “Why would he do three more years in school? He didn't fail, the school failed him. The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that's the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn't deserve that.”

France’s son attends Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in west Baltimore. His transcripts show he’s passed just three classes in four years, earning 2.5 credits, placing him in ninth grade. But France says she didn’t know that until February. She has three children and works three jobs. She thought her oldest son was doing well because even though he failed most of his classes, he was being promoted. His transcripts show he failed Spanish I and Algebra I but was promoted to Spanish II and Algebra II. He also failed English II but was passed on to English III.

“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,” said France.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: andagain; baltimore; education; gpa; publicschools
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Nothing 'shocking' about it.

Marxist untie unite!

1 posted on 03/05/2021 2:17:19 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Single parent home, and public school that is as corrupt as can be.


2 posted on 03/05/2021 2:20:43 AM PST by Bayard
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To: Bayard

Corrupt AND incompetent.


3 posted on 03/05/2021 2:23:01 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Joe Biden: The best president Chinese money can buy.)
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To: Altura Ct.

No social promotion for you!


4 posted on 03/05/2021 2:23:20 AM PST by W. (Autocorrect must die! How do I kill it?!)
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To: W.

I had to look. How’d dat happun?


5 posted on 03/05/2021 2:25:58 AM PST by W. (Autocorrect must die! How do I kill it?!)
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To: Fresh Wind

No mention of a father for her three children. The overwhelming problem for blacks is fatherless house holds. No one, not Oprah, Lebron, or Kapernik will touch this. Too hard. Much easier to blame teachers, police, or Whites. The problems for this kid started when his father walked out the door.


6 posted on 03/05/2021 2:27:58 AM PST by Stevenfo
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To: Altura Ct.
He didn't fail, the school failed him.

Really can't argue with that part of her statement.

7 posted on 03/05/2021 2:32:58 AM PST by ex91B10 (I'm a 20th century man but I don't want to be here)
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To: Altura Ct.

I’m surprised the Democrats don’t turn him into a teacher.


8 posted on 03/05/2021 2:42:51 AM PST by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: Altura Ct.

9 posted on 03/05/2021 2:44:19 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Altura Ct.

its all whitey’s fault of course.


10 posted on 03/05/2021 2:50:24 AM PST by qwerty1234
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Democrats never cared for the black race to be educated. In the days of slavery, slaves were forbidden to learn how to read and write. In the days of segregation, the black schools were underfunded and provided with substandard materials. Today, they dumb down the kids in school.


11 posted on 03/05/2021 2:51:55 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: Altura Ct.

according to the article - the mother has 3 kids and 3 jobs, but my money is also on 3 different fathers, none of whom likely have been seen since conception.


12 posted on 03/05/2021 2:52:02 AM PST by qwerty1234
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13 posted on 03/05/2021 2:52:05 AM PST by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: Altura Ct.

you have the proper things to go to the next grade and the right grades, you have the right credits,”

LOL!

Why would you assume that? Didn’t you get report cards? [or don’t they do those anymore?] Didn’t you see any of his grades or get him up and off to school for 272 days?

It ain’t racial, honey...its DGAS from ALL involved.


14 posted on 03/05/2021 2:55:47 AM PST by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Not surprised.
A few years ago I attended the graduation ceremonies of a friend when he was getting his PhD. The ceremonies also included the medical school at the university. My jaw dropped to the floor when the medical school introduced their valedictorian with a GPA of 2.1.


15 posted on 03/05/2021 3:03:35 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Neither safety nor security exists in nature. Everything is dangerous and has risk.)
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To: Altura Ct.

At the height of Leftist-enforced busing, I was sent to an “integrated” junior high school. Twelve years old in the 8th grade, with black male classmates of 15, 16, even 17. Adult-sized, many with moustaches or goatees. Gym class was an adventure, particularly when we played flag football. Like it was yesterday.


16 posted on 03/05/2021 3:04:24 AM PST by twister881
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Just another contributor to income inequality.

With teachers, school administrators and parents like this is there any wonder the streets are littered with human trash. They couldn’t have done better if they had abandoned him at birth to be raised by wolves.


17 posted on 03/05/2021 3:07:26 AM PST by plangent
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The parent is an unfunny joke and should be horsewhipped for failing her son.

CC


18 posted on 03/05/2021 3:13:13 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: BuffaloJack

“medical school introduced their valedictorian with a GPA of 2.1.”

That’s disturbing on many levels. Now my current situation is making more sense. A hip replacement in the mid-’80s in podunk Alaska was 100% successful, but the same surgery in the 21st century at an “elite” facility in TN ... not so much. It also could explain why the age of life expectancy has decreased over recent years.

What used to be “healthcare” has turned to “drive-by medicine” — the medical industrial complex. Not much “health”, and pretty much no “care”. (But I’m not bitter.)


19 posted on 03/05/2021 3:13:14 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.)
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To: BuffaloJack
My jaw dropped to the floor when the medical school introduced their valedictorian with a GPA of 2.1.

Was his last name Burns?


20 posted on 03/05/2021 3:14:13 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Republicans are the court jesters in the kingdom of liberalism)
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