Students in one New Jersey school district may have to hit the books a little harder to get a passing grade. In Mount Olive, you won't see any more Ds on report card starting this fall, only A, B, C and F.
"I'm tired of kids coming to school and not learning and getting credit for it," said Superintendent Larrie Reynolds in a Daily Record report.
During Monday night's meeting, the Morris County School Board approved dropping the D grade.
"We intend to be the beacon of excellence in Morris County, and to do that, we have to fix it," Reynolds said.
Now, anything mark under a 70 will be a failing score. The new policy will apply to middle and high school students.
“I applaud your effort to raise the bar," resident Scott Ireland told Reynolds. "I disagree 100 percent with your philosophy."
The "drop the D" philosophy worked so well for a school in Kentucky, they ended up dropping the C grade too. Now students in 5th grade and higher get an A, B or F.
“In today’s world, you’ve either got it, or you don’t,” Kentucky principal Steve Frommeyer said. There’s no opportunity to “just be OK.”
