“Due to the careless and reckless actions of the adults you trusted at JFK, you should be celebrating your senior graduation this month, but instead, you have been forced to question the certainty of your future," Lewis said at Thursday's OPSB meeting.
Most of the students had been allowed to walk at graduation. 24 will have to return to complete high school in the fall, board president says.
The charter group recently confirmed diplomas for 67 seniors and is reviewing the status of about 80 more.
As students prepare for college, the class of 2019 remains in limbo. Board president can’t commit to a timeline for completion, but he says parents should know more soon.
Kennedy seniors are still waiting for their diplomas amid a grade-inflation investigation being conducted by the network, Orleans Parish School Board and a state review.
Board president says the network is looking into whether graduating seniors will be impacted by results of grade-fixing investigation.
Charter network's board will hear results of independent investigation into alleged grade inflation next week.
CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams has been on paid leave since an investigation began April 1. She is also being investigated for allegedly falsifying public records.
