Comments on: Hamilton Southeastern Schools Grading scale http://www.fishersindiana.net/uncategorized/hamilton-southeastern-schools-grading-scale/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:10:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elbert Cotton http://www.fishersindiana.net/uncategorized/hamilton-southeastern-schools-grading-scale/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Elbert Cotton Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:10:11 +0000 http://www.fishersindiana.net/?p=178#comment-16 I had very heated email exchange with Sandra Hollingshead two years ago and her response to me was my son was a lazy student and had to suck it up and do better in school. She stated my son took easy classes and not enough AP ones. These people do not care. They are educated elitist snobs. My son at the time had a 3.01 GPA, 2000 on his SAT’s, was a member of the nationally acclaimed Academy of Finance and a varsity basketball player. His accounting class was at Anderson University Falls School of Business and his economics class was from Indianapolis University. He received an athletic scholarship to Marian University in Indianapolis. Last semester (his sophomore year) he made the Dean’s list as a double major in Accounting and Finance, taking 18 hours and playing College Basketball. He has a 3.45 GPA at Marian. Lazy student Sandra? An attorney who is Managing Partner with Krieg Devault Law firm also wrote and received the same song and dance. His position with his firm allows him the opportunity to meet with admission people at major universities her in Indiana. Everyone said the same thing. They do not look at HSE grading scale and place it ahead of anyone else. They do not weigh our GPA. A 3.0 at HSE is a 3.0 at Carmel, Noblesville, and Avon etc. Our kids have lost out on millions of dollars in Scholarships because of our GPA. Many of our students cannot even get into IU, Purdue, Ball State and do not even apply to DePauw or Butler with this GPA scale. Go to Mt Vernon and get in go to HSE/Fishers and get rejected. This does not count the amount of money parents are paying for car insurance for good student drivers. My daughter is a senior and this fight will not help her at all but the community needs to get on board about this issue. I was just a pain the last time and Hollingsworth would not even return my telephone calls or meet with me. I will help organize or speak to anyone at any time about this issue. The administration has a lot on their plate with the funding issue but this issue is just as serious. My daughter will not receive the needed scholarship money she deserves because of the faulty GPA scale, the attitude of the administration and the puppet School Board. Ebe Cotton Indys Homes4Sale 317-585-0300 Phone 317-695-0905 Cell I had very heated email exchange with Sandra Hollingshead two years ago and her response to me was my son was a lazy student and had to suck it up and do better in school. She stated my son took easy classes and not enough AP ones. These people do not care. They are educated elitist snobs. My son at the time had a 3.01 GPA, 2000 on his SAT’s, was a member of the nationally acclaimed Academy of Finance and a varsity basketball player. His accounting class was at Anderson University Falls School of Business and his economics class was from Indianapolis University. He received an athletic scholarship to Marian University in Indianapolis. Last semester (his sophomore year) he made the Dean’s list as a double major in Accounting and Finance, taking 18 hours and playing College Basketball. He has a 3.45 GPA at Marian. Lazy student Sandra?

An attorney who is Managing Partner with Krieg Devault Law firm also wrote and received the same song and dance. His position with his firm allows him the opportunity to meet with admission people at major universities her in Indiana. Everyone said the same thing. They do not look at HSE grading scale and place it ahead of anyone else. They do not weigh our GPA. A 3.0 at HSE is a 3.0 at Carmel, Noblesville, and Avon etc. Our kids have lost out on millions of dollars in Scholarships because of our GPA. Many of our students cannot even get into IU, Purdue, Ball State and do not even apply to DePauw or Butler with this GPA scale. Go to Mt Vernon and get in go to HSE/Fishers and get rejected. This does not count the amount of money parents are paying for car insurance for good student drivers.

My daughter is a senior and this fight will not help her at all but the community needs to get on board about this issue. I was just a pain the last time and Hollingsworth would not even return my telephone calls or meet with me. I will help organize or speak to anyone at any time about this issue. The administration has a lot on their plate with the funding issue but this issue is just as serious. My daughter will not receive the needed scholarship money she deserves because of the faulty GPA scale, the attitude of the administration and the puppet School Board.

Ebe Cotton
Indys Homes4Sale
317-585-0300 Phone
317-695-0905 Cell

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