3 classes in four years

[George K]

Story from last March.

Some kid in Baltimore went through high-school and passed three classes in four years. Three. He had a GPA of 0.13.

And they kept advancing him.

https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/city-student-passes-3-classes-in-four-years-ranks-near-top-half-of-class-with-013-gpa

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.

“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.

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.

And this gem:

In his four years at Augusta Fells, France’s son earned a GPA of 0.13. He only passed three classes, but his transcripts show his class rank is 62 out of 120. This means, nearly half his classmates, 58 of them, have a 0.13 grade point average or lower.

[Jolly]

So, what is this kid going to do after high school?

College or trade school?

[Axtremus]

That school has got problems, see for example, https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-augusta-fells-20210902-vpqy532ykjhwxibzl2tnv7dpaq-story.html

If you do a web search for “Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts”, you will get a lot more news hits with unflattering reporting about that school.

[Jolly]

The whole city of Baltimore has problems in its schools.

[Aqua Letifer]

@jolly said in 3 classes in four years:

The whole city of Baltimore has problems.

FIFY. The bumper stickers around there say "BALTIMORE. You get used to it."

[George K]

@aqua-letifer said in 3 classes in four years:

"BALTIMORE. You get used to it."

[Aqua Letifer]

Ayup. And I'm serious, those bumper stickers are all over the place.

[LuFins Dad]

@aqua-letifer said in 3 classes in four years:

@jolly said in 3 classes in four years:

The whole city of Baltimore has problems.

FIFY. The bumper stickers around there say "BALTIMORE. You get used to it."

I used to like Fell’s Point. Not so much these days…

[Aqua Letifer]

@lufins-dad said in 3 classes in four years:

@aqua-letifer said in 3 classes in four years:

@jolly said in 3 classes in four years:

The whole city of Baltimore has problems.

FIFY. The bumper stickers around there say "BALTIMORE. You get used to it."

I used to like Fell’s Point. Not so much these days…

Panhandling is a saturated profession down there, no shit. It's officially pre-Expanse.

[Horace]

@jolly said in 3 classes in four years:

So, what is this kid going to do after high school?

College or trade school?

Ivy league on a -studies path, I presume.