perfect timing. Sto-Rox faces my HS alma mater Cornell tonite,
Sto-Rox board overturns grade policy for athletics
Friday, October 29, 2010
By Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
After more than an hour of raucous debate, a threatened arrest and the mid-meeting departure of two school board members, the Sto-Rox school board voted to overturn a controversial academic policy that at one point benched more than half of the football team and about a quarter of the marching band.
To the boisterous cheers and applause of around 70 students, parents and community members, the board voted 4-2 to amend the policy to require a minimum GPA of 2.0, with provisions of mandatory tutoring and more stringent rules about core classes. The former policy benched anyone who had a D in a core class
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Read more:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10302/1099010-298.stm#ixzz13lYTdacPNow granted Sto-Rox is a small school(Class A) playing small school Cornell. But the winner would probably make the Class A playoffs. Not many players on either side have much chance for scholarships so for these kids, high school will be the end of their educations.
Nice precedent Sto-Rox.