Grand Island, Nebraska: Every Student, Every Day, A Success!
By Harold Reutter
harold.reutter@theindependent.com
Walnut Middle School English teacher Dawn Haymart has no issue with giving a student a minimum 50 percent grade if that student gives a good-faith effort on a test or paper.
"If they tried and got a 48 percent or 40 percent, I have no problem giving them a 50 percent," Haymart said.
But she would like to draw the line at having a 50-percent floor on tests that students simply fail to take, as well as major assignments they simply fail to complete.
Grand Island Senior High teachers Al Cook, who teaches drafting, engineering and architecture; Barry Skalberg, who teaches social studies; and Deb Rohrich, who teaches Spanish, would like to draw that same bright line for missing work and tests.
In the case of a missing test or major assignment, all four teachers believe the most appropriate grade is still a zero. Full Story
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