INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -
The State Board of Education is granting a special grade change to the
Indianapolis charter school at the center of last year’s grade-change
scandal.
The Indianapolis
charter school founded by Republican donor Christel DeHaan will see its
grade jump from a “D” to a “B.”
The board voted
10-1 Wednesday to ignore Christel House’s high school scores in calculating
its school grade. Schools Superintendent Glenda Ritz was the only member to
oppose the change.
Board members who
supported the change argued that Christel House was being treated unfairly
by the grading formula.
Former schools
Superintendent Tony Bennett secretly altered the school grading formula two
years ago to ensure that Christel House received an “A.”
The Bennett grade
change launched an intensive review of how the state awards grades to
schools.