From the "You Gotta Be Kidding" Department comes this remarkable item.A Goldsboro, North Carolina middle school has been forced by the school district to stop selling grades for cash. The decision, however, only occurred after the local newspaper outed them.
A $20 donation to Rosewood Middle School would have gotten a student 20 test points - 10 extra points on two tests of the student's choosing. That could raise a B to an A, or a failing grade to a D. Susie Shepherd, the principal, said a parent advisory council came up with the idea, and she endorsed it. She said the council was looking for a new way to raise money. "Last year they did chocolates, and it didn't generate anything," Shepherd said...
