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More special treatment for the blacks and browns dumbing down our schools.
Orange schools won apos t let grade slip below 50 - Orlando Sentinel
nov 12 2014
Fom now on, the lowest grade an Orange County secondary student will get for a class is 50.
The School Board on Tuesday night formalized the year-old practice of eliminating zero grades for middle and high school. It will not affect individual assignments, but at the end of a quarter or semester, no students will have an average grade lower than 50, a failing grade.
The decision came despite objections from a group of teachers.
l"I'm against inflating school grades in violation of our contract," said Wendy Doromal, who teaches at Timber Creek High School. "This forces teachers to commit academic fraud and sacrifice their professional integrity. This also conflicts with state statutes.