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Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
When high school students in Grand Rapids Public Schools fail a class this fall, they won’t get an “F” or an “E”—they’ll get an “H.” “An ‘H’ is a failing grade,” district spokesman John Helmholdt told 24 Hour News 8. But that new failing grade comes with second chance—students who get an “H” will be able to re-take the class or the part of it they failed the next semester. Principals...
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RT's Ponderings (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
... I try…but, there is something more sinister here: “An ‘H’ is a failing grade,” district spokesman John Helmholdt told 24 Hour News 8. But that new failing grade comes with second chance — students who get an “H” will be able to re-take the class or the part of it they failed the next semester. Principals discussed the plans with teachers before Thanksgiving, administrators said. The...
