The 18-year-old said he was ranked second in his class just weeks before graduation, when he was suddenly knocked down to fourth. He thinks he may have missed out on college scholarships as a result.
The school district cited the board for overstepping and later issued a more escalated warning regarding financial concerns.
Improper grade changes affected five students, superintendent says. All five has since passed a proficiency test in the course where their grade was altered.
Orleans Parish Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis, Jr. said the schools will remain open.
It’s unclear how closely the district monitored charter high school graduation requirements in the past.
The district is considering revoking Kennedy’s charter contract.
The charter group that runs The NET alternative high schools will open a therapeutic program for seventh and eighth grade students who’ve been expelled.
The district also has concerns over Coghill’s use of federal education funding.
A special all-schools episode. Host and producer Jessica Rosgaard talks to education researcher Doug Harris about New Orleans becoming an all-charter city. And we hear from the lawyer for a family suing John F. Kennedy High School.
State finds that students were allowed to use remediation software — intended for makeup work after failing a course — to take classes for the first time, appearing to corroborate allegations in a recently filed lawsuit.
