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REGULAR MEETING JULY 27, 2015 <br />this requirement that you are not made to do something, it doesn't get done. If we let them go <br />there in high school what happens if they want to go to college? We need to push them, we need <br />to challenge them. I have a twenty year old, he went to Elkhart and their school system was not <br />as challenging as ours. In kindergarten and first grade we were told that he was slow or possibly <br />needed special education. If you test him now he will probably be at a genius level. He can write <br />computer programs; the problem was that he was bored. He wasn't being challenged, he was <br />bored. When he got higher in his later education years, they put him in advanced classes; he <br />whizzed through those, but he was being challenged and he excelled a lot. I think you unanimously <br />need to vote this through. I for one will be at the School Board meeting when they hear this. <br />get here. <br />skated b <br />we're more <br />For end — support the resolution to <br />ring went I gradua was one semester short <br />see a war o down he state house making it <br />ifficult o scho orations. But the answer on our <br />not getting numb tudents that we like, we're not <br />like, so wha g to do is make it easier for you to <br />ds tha t to high sch who played sports just as I did, who <br />ninimal n na in my mid - thirties at least ten (10) who are serving <br />now in the In Depa of Corrections, due to poor decisions that come in <br />i the, "I'm just to slid mentality. Especially when we send a message <br />,d about what v n do on the basketball court or the football field as a school <br />corporation. I e as a Irais ity have to understand that if we want all of our quality of <br />life to get better, to standards. We have to make these kids at 6th grade, at 8th grade, at 10th grade kn t are not all going to college, but if you want to make anything <br />in this life, your boss is no wer the standards to let you get by. They are going to expect <br />you to meet the standard. I am a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, huge sports fan. As Mike Tomlin always <br />says, "the standard is the standard." I think that needs to stay the same for the school corporations, <br />let "the standard be the standard." <br />Dan Mullas, 632 S. 28" Street, South Bend — My view on this situation is this is about the kids; <br />take the politics out of it. In my opinion, I think they should be shooting for a 3.0 and above. If <br />they don't get the 3.0 GPA, a 2.8 GPA or 2.9 GPA will show that at least they're trying. Where I <br />went to school at, I had an amazing football coach. He told me 10% of the game is physical and <br />90% of the game is mental. I know the school says 2.5 GPA but I want to see a 3.0 GPA or you're <br />not playing. I made the honor roll every one of my years there. In the beginning, I was doing it <br />for my parents and my coach, then I realized through time I was doing it for my son. My son starts <br />playing football this year for Jefferson. When I saw the 1.5 GPA, I told him if you're not at a 3.0 <br />GPA or close you're not playing. We need to teach our kids to want more. I've gone to job <br />interviews where people can't read a tape measurer or pass basic math tests. If you are telling kids <br />that 1.5 GPA is good enough to play ball, then you will have a generation that will think 1.5 is <br />24 <br />