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Most sports teams require a 2.0 GPA for eligibility.
The January/February grade dip is also now hurting the team. The lead teacher for the past 5 years has burned out and is stepping down. The annual grade dip is part of the reason some teachers have declined becoming the lead teacher. (The fact that Tripp burned out dosn't help much either).
The reasoning goes like this. School is for learning certain things, and grades are the standard for how well you are learning the certain things. If you are not demonstrating this with good grades, you are not doing what you are supposed to.
GPA isn't even a measure of intelligence, although that figures into it. Your GPA is more a measure of your effort and work ethic. In the real world, if you don't meet at least the average expectations, you are often fired.
What I've heard from 116 is requiring a 2.5 current GPA to go on any of the trips. I think this, while unpopular with the students, is perfectly valid and not discriminatory. If you are failing school, maybe you shouldn't be missing school to goto a competition or spending 8 hrs a day working on the robot, but spending some time doing homework or studding.
Wetzel
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