"The Case of the Amazing Grade Change"

"So far, all signs point to The Case of the Amazing Grade Change being wrapped up to everyone's satisfaction— everyone except taxpayers, parents of public-school students and teachers."

So began an editorial in the Journal this morning. (link sub req)

In an uncharacteristically critical piece, someone at the Journal has taken a stand against the continued secrecy surrounding the involvement senior administrators and board members in the grade change.

"That meant a public examination of evidence, including records of the student's academic performance. And that, the parents argued, would further violate the federally guaranteed privacy of the student. Which, APS attorneys argued, would put $60 million in federal funding to the district in jeopardy— an arguably dubious claim that suits the district's agenda of making an embarrassing situation go away.
After hearing those arguments, a state District Court judge ruled against the PED using the student's records, which led the department to ask that the licensure case against Fierro be dropped." How convenient. (emphasis added)

Does this the beginning of the end for the district's lock on the local media?


One can only hope so.