Student sent back to 9th Grade from 12th Grade

A shocking discovery out of a Baltimore City high school, where Project Baltimore has found hundreds of students are failing. It’s a school where a student who passed three classes in four years, ranks near the top half of his class with a 0.13 grade point average.

Tiffany France thought her son would receive his diploma this coming June. But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade.

“He's stressed and I am too. I told him I'm probably going to start crying. I don't know what to do for him,” France told Project Baltimore. “Why would he do three more years in school? He didn't fail, the school failed him. The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that's the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn't deserve that.”

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[laneyperkins]

“He did all of it for nothing” he literally did nothing 😭

[willowstarzkool]

Imagine getting such bad grades you have to be on the news 😭

[nursejim]

Poor mom. She thought all those F’s meant fantastic.

[pinkblackhole]

This honestly takes a lot of skill. Like how tf did you repeat high school all over again 💀

[shelbbyte]

I think both are at fault. The mom for not responsibly checking his grades and the school for continuing to promote him despite the class failures

[miketrissel]

Not to take a bite out of your story, but just how responsible is a mom who didn't know her kid missed 272 days of school, and flunked 22 classes, and yet is trying to turn it on the school. They are not his parents!
Who signed his report card ... did she not look at it?

[CrimsonSurvival]

No, he just didn’t want to learn anything.

[MewMathGamerin]

If you ever got 0 on a test and felt like a failure? remember this 17 year old exists you are not alone

[Tempest]

No ma’am. The school wasn’t the only one who failed him. You did!

[joebirckhead]

The parent failed this child. How do you not check a report card in 4 years of high school? Otherwise, you would know.

[Vespyr_]

"He didn't fail, the school failed him."
Big yikes, red flag there.

[whatscooking]

Update: they sent him back a second time

[gloriathompson]

As a parent, your child’s education is your responsibility.

[michaelyoungs]

She blames everyone except her son and herself.

[eddiemeeks]

Actually mom, you're the one that failed! Did you ever help him with his homework? Did you ever make sure he was doing everything right in school? Did you ever talk to his teachers? Did you ever go to a PTA meeting? I don't think you did....YOU failed him.

[DarthSidian]

How are there FIFTY-EIGHT students doing worse than this guy is?!

[JorgensZelda]

As bad as his grades are, half the kids did WORSE?! Worse than 0.13? On a 4.0 scale? Like, what is up with that school? The whole thing needs to be thrown out.

[imwatchingthisvideo]

Kid didn't try. Mom never noticed. School system sucked. Quite frankly, this is everyone's fault.

[parrotcracker]

This is an actual recurring nightmare for me and I'm 30. I dream I'm in high school even though I know I graduated. I panic realizing I shouldn't be there.

[FoNgThOnG]

I love how they show him playing video games while homie has the GPA of a rock.