Favoritism a growing concern

To The Eagle:

Favoritism at Wahkiakum school district is ridiculous. I am talking about grades and athletics.

At mid-terms, the teachers are supposed to check the grades for failing students, yet some of these students are still able to play. Several students played through the football season with failing grades. This same incident occurred during the basketball season. A student was failing at the end of the quarter and still got to play in the playoffs during the basketball season. Why are we not following our own policy?

Now, I have played basketball for all four years of my high school. The first two years, I did not get to play much because of grades. Yet these kids in the sports that our community worships, such as football and basketball, get to play with failing grades.

So the question comes, how do we fix it? It is a pretty simple answer really. You either support your school policy by punishing the ones that fail or you drop the policy all together.

Bryce Heiner

Cathlamet