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In reply to the discussion: First Ohio girl to win masonry competition gets replaced by a 3rd place boy at Nationals. [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)162. No, she didn't
Haplin said actions are being taken to improve the scoring process. Below is her full statement, on behalf of SkillsUSA, to WSAZ:
"During the 2016 SkillsUSA Ohio masonry competition, student scores were entered into score sheets by judges. Those scores were then entered into a spreadsheet manually to calculate final scores. When student scores were entered into the final score spreadsheet, an error was made and some scores were inadvertently duplicated, causing some students to receive double the score that they actually received. This error affected results for several students and resulted in the rankings showing an incorrect winner of the competition.
"No errors were made in the judges' score sheets themselves, and the final corrected scores reflect the scores on the individual score sheets for each student. Upon discovery of the error through the regular review process, the duplicate scores were removed to show the actual winner of the competition. SkillsUSA confirmed that Ohio has followed all policies pertaining to the resolution of errors.
"The student who should have been awarded the gold medal at the competition will be the one to represent Ohio as the national competitor. The student who was incorrectly named the winner at the state competition is still invited to attend and observe the national competition. Corrective actions are being taken to improve the scoring process.
"Regarding the way the student was informed of the error, the Ohio Department of Education's policy is to communicate with each student's school district, rather than with the students themselves. As soon as the error was discovered, administrators from all affected students' school districts were contacted."
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Teen-girl-from-Scioto-County-bumped-from-national-masonry-competition-383877471.html
Incidentally, from that same article:
Larry Moore, Clifford's instructor at the technical center, says this is not the first time SkillsUSA has taken a title away from one of his students. He says in 2010, the same thing happened to another junior student of his, a boy. He says about two weeks after the boy won the state competition, his title was also taken away because of a scoring error.
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First Ohio girl to win masonry competition gets replaced by a 3rd place boy at Nationals. [View all]
pnwmom
Jun 2016
OP
If you want to dismiss this documented discrimination because it happened to a female,
Thor_MN
Jun 2016
#31
I dare ya......oh mercy!..it's teh heavy artillery of critical argument.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2016
#90
When I read your post I thought "there is a person who has lead a sheltered life, or
A Simple Game
Jun 2016
#45
Third place boy obviously has a daddy who has some connections in the right places
davidn3600
Jun 2016
#22
Very annoying when the best candidate is ignored because a weaker candidate has everything rigged.
Betty Karlson
Jun 2016
#25
Ohio, reminds me of 2004. Obviously, the boy is a Republican and the girl a Democrat.
L. Coyote
Jun 2016
#40
More like that was the excuse after the fact and they just didn't like the results.
Odin2005
Jun 2016
#104
sexism is alive, and, unfortunately, all too well in every aspect of our society.
niyad
Jun 2016
#54
HERE'S A NEW PETITION YOU CAN SIGN TO MAKE THEM REVERSE THEIR DECISION!!!!!!!!
ISeeA BrightFuture
Jun 2016
#60
I hope her parents have enough money to hire a lawyer, or that one will work pro bono. This reeks.
Hekate
Jun 2016
#91
I go by the rules of the contest, which show your interpretation is incorrect.
Android3.14
Jun 2016
#123
If your theory is correct, it would have been simple enough for them to explain
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#125
If that's the case, the least they could've done was inform Shania that the scoring was wrong and
liberalla
Jun 2016
#131
Why didn't they just explain that to the reporter then? I can see that the girl
pnwmom
Jun 2016
#130
Because it's poorly written and I'm not even sure the reporter understood the situation
jberryhill
Jun 2016
#146
You know the reporter can choose to print whatever bits of information they want, right?
DesMoinesDem
Jun 2016
#143
"... they can do anything if they have determination, desire and drive.”
BobTheSubgenius
Jun 2016
#116
I can't help but think if this gets enough attention, they will have to include her
liberalla
Jun 2016
#120
And what about the number 2 guy? He can't be happy that someone who placed after him,
liberalla
Jun 2016
#127