Valley View Says C Average or Better, or No Sports
The Valley View school board unanimously voted to raise the minimum GPA for all students in extracurricular activities to 2.0 or above.
Valley View School District 365U student-athletes who put in countless hours practicing on the field may now have to pay a bit more attention to their studies if they wish to keep playing. The Valley View school board Aug. 23 approved a measure that requires students participating in extra-curricular activities to maintain at least a cumulative 2.0 grade point average, a C average. The previous bar had set GPA at 1.5. The restriction extends to all extracurricular activities that require an activity fee and participates in competition, said Valley View Superintendent Phillip Schoffstall. The new policy will be enforced for all freshmen, Schoffstall said. Sophomores, juniors and seniors, meanwhile, will have to adhere to the policy on a …
