Kennedy High School seniors await transcripts as charter board investigates ‘malfeasance’
Ten days after their graduation ceremony, anxious John F. Kennedy High School seniors — still waiting for their high school transcripts — showed up to their charter network’s board meeting Tuesday, hoping for answers amid an investigation into grade inflation at the Gentilly high school. Several students said they need the transcripts as proof of graduation before enrolling in college or finalizing financial aid.
Board President Raphael Gang said he wasn’t aware of the problem with the transcripts. But late in the meeting, he said there may be “implications” for some seniors as a result of the grade-fixing investigation.
Senior Ta’Janique Alphonse, clad in Kennedy blue and gold, waited in the hallway for an hour and a half with at least 25 other alumni, parents and students as the board discussed the investigation behind the library’s doors guarded by armed security guards.
Alphonse wants to attend Xavier University this fall. Her mother, LaToya Banks, said they are waiting for her transcript.
“I’m very upset,” she said. “I think this is very unprofessional.”
The students have endured a tumultuous spring. Months before graduation, students’ grades were called into question by a former employee who said he had evidence that administrators had CONTINUE READING: Kennedy High School seniors await transcripts as charter board investigates ‘malfeasance’ | The Lens
