Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
GREENSBORO, N.C., May 6 (UPI) _ A judge has thrown out a $10 million
lawsuit filed by a
North Carolina woman because her son got a failing grade in his high
school physics class.
Madison West filed the lawsuit against the Guilford County school system
saying the failing grade
would hurt her son's chances of being admitted into Appalachian State
University.
She says her 17-year-old son, Stephen Edwards, was placed in an honors
advanced physics class
at Ragsdale High School that was too far advanced for him. School
officials wouldn't let him drop
the class.
West says the school system doesn't have a clear policy on withdrawing
from classes. Her lawsuit
asked for Edwards' F to be removed from his high school transcript.
School system attorney Allison Grimm told Judge Howard Greeson Jr. that
``at least 50,000'' of the
school system's 60,000 students ``have some beef over a grade they've
gotten.''
Greeson dismissed the lawsuit on Tuesday but allowed West to refile it
within the next year. He said
West may be able to show that school officials put her son in the class
knowing it was beyond his
ability.
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