Cheryl, you've hit the nail right on the head. Despite performance testing which can take place outside of traditional hours, these arts classes are CLASSES, i.e. part of the educational curriculum. Despite my love for football and respect for the dedication that young athletes invest in their sports training, playing for the Huskies is NOT a class.
A more appropriate example would be complaining if students failing to meet certain academic requirements were able to continue going to art class, but not gym class, (or english, chemistry, etc).That would be legitimate, as we would be talking about classes.
I find it hard to believe that Marjorie McBride and others honestly cannot grasp this distinction between curriculum/class, and extra curricular activities. It's basically part and parcel of the definition for crying out loud!!
Unless football has been recategorized as a graded and credited class since I graduated from Mt. Hope in 1998, we're not talking about a double standard; rather, we're talking apples (curriculum/classes) and oranges (extracurricular sports, clubs, etc). I'm not saying I agree with a 0 fail policy for these things, but simply put, it doesn't apply to classes either way. Arts classes and all activities related to their grading are by definition part of the curriculum/not extracurricular.
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