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RE: Heck Darrell Arthur didn't even graduate high school
Posted on: June 20, 2018 at 09:16:40 CT
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http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/may/17/teacher_defends_allegations_arthur_frustrated/
Former math teacher Winford Ashmore alleged that Arthur benefited from improper grade changing multiple times in math classes throughout high school. The changes, Ashmore claims, helped qualify Arthur for a scholarship at Kansas that he probably wouldn't have been eligible for otherwise.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080515_jh_gradechange.1047fd860.html
Transcripts show Arthur received no grades at all during his fall semester. His final grade was changed to a 70 in September 2005 without an explanation.
Ashmore said then-principal Donald Moten, and current head basketball coach James Mays Jr., both asked him to bypass the rules and award Arthur a passing grade.
"Darrell was still failing, and was not making much of an effort in class, and was not coming to tutoring,� Ashmore said. �So at that point I ensured Moten � as well as James Mays Jr. � that Darrell Arthur was going to get an F for the six weeks."
Days later, without teacher approval, Arthur was dropped from Ashmore's class. And despite those low grades, transcripts reflect Arthur received a passing grade of 70.
In the Spring of 2003, school records show Arthur failed math again with a 64. But those records also show that in January of 2005 � two years later � Principal Moten signed off on changing that failing grade to a passing grade of 72.
South Oak Cliff math teacher Winford Ashmore said Arthur had a history of trouble in math. He showed us his 2002 grade book for freshman math in which Arthur was making weekly failing grades: 45, 25 and 24.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa081009_mo_disd.f94d1914.html
Ashmore said when Arthur was failing Algebra I as a freshman in the fall of 2002, his coach asked for leniency. Ashmore said when he refused, Arthur was abruptly moved to another class.
The fact that Ashmore ever taught Arthur at all is mysteriously missing from the working transcripts.
A closer examination of Arthur's grades reveal that his English III grades of 75, 60, 70 and 65 don't actually add up to a 70 as is reflected on his transcript. In fact, the average should be 67.5, meaning he should have failed the course that is needed to graduate.
His teacher at the time, John Yourse, said this raises questions that need to be answered.
"No teacher has the authority or power or control over the system to turn a grade like this into something that it is not," he said.
Yourse was also not interviewed by district investigators for their report.
"Like I said, he [Arthur] just kind of checked out that third six weeks," Yourse said.
Melanie Kidd was Arthur's theater arts teacher in the fall of 2004. She said she remembers Arthur failed the course during the final six weeks. Arthur made a grade of 50, she said.
Former math teacher Winford Ashmore alleged that Arthur benefited from improper grade changing multiple times in math classes throughout high school. The changes, Ashmore claims, helped qualify Arthur for a scholarship at Kansas that he probably wouldn't have been eligible for otherwise.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080515_jh_gradechange.1047fd860.html
Transcripts show Arthur received no grades at all during his fall semester. His final grade was changed to a 70 in September 2005 without an explanation.
Ashmore said then-principal Donald Moten, and current head basketball coach James Mays Jr., both asked him to bypass the rules and award Arthur a passing grade.
"Darrell was still failing, and was not making much of an effort in class, and was not coming to tutoring,� Ashmore said. �So at that point I ensured Moten � as well as James Mays Jr. � that Darrell Arthur was going to get an F for the six weeks."
Days later, without teacher approval, Arthur was dropped from Ashmore's class. And despite those low grades, transcripts reflect Arthur received a passing grade of 70.
In the Spring of 2003, school records show Arthur failed math again with a 64. But those records also show that in January of 2005 � two years later � Principal Moten signed off on changing that failing grade to a passing grade of 72.
South Oak Cliff math teacher Winford Ashmore said Arthur had a history of trouble in math. He showed us his 2002 grade book for freshman math in which Arthur was making weekly failing grades: 45, 25 and 24.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/localnews/news8/stories/wfaa081009_mo_disd.f94d1914.html
Ashmore said when Arthur was failing Algebra I as a freshman in the fall of 2002, his coach asked for leniency. Ashmore said when he refused, Arthur was abruptly moved to another class.
The fact that Ashmore ever taught Arthur at all is mysteriously missing from the working transcripts.
A closer examination of Arthur's grades reveal that his English III grades of 75, 60, 70 and 65 don't actually add up to a 70 as is reflected on his transcript. In fact, the average should be 67.5, meaning he should have failed the course that is needed to graduate.
His teacher at the time, John Yourse, said this raises questions that need to be answered.
"No teacher has the authority or power or control over the system to turn a grade like this into something that it is not," he said.
Yourse was also not interviewed by district investigators for their report.
"Like I said, he [Arthur] just kind of checked out that third six weeks," Yourse said.
Melanie Kidd was Arthur's theater arts teacher in the fall of 2004. She said she remembers Arthur failed the course during the final six weeks. Arthur made a grade of 50, she said.
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RE: Heck Darrell Arthur didn't even graduate high school - FIJItiger MU - 6/20 09:16:40