'Heartbreaking': In Wake of COVID, Nearly Half of Baltimore High Schoolers Earned Below 1.0 GPA

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jul 19, 2021
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"...If almost half of our kids are failing, what options do they have after high school?..." -Jovani Patterson, a former candidate for Baltimore City Council president

[Faithwire.com] In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic—which saw crippling restrictions placed on nearly all aspects of society, including education—nearly half of all high schoolers in Baltimore public schools earned a grade point average of less than 1.0. (Image: Pixabay)

WBFF-TV reported last week that 41% of high school students in the city's public school system earned a GPA below a D. In the quarter preceding the pandemic, 24% of high schoolers earned the same GPA.

For context, Baltimore City schools currently enroll 20,500 high schoolers.

"It's heartbreaking," said Jovani Patterson, a former candidate for Baltimore City Council president, of the thousands of students earning such poor grades. "If almost half of our kids are failing, what options do they have after high school? This is really disheartening. It's sad to see this"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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