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Uribe, Patricia E.; Garcia, Marco A. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2012
This case exemplifies the unintended divisive cause and effect dynamic that can occur as a direct result of a seemingly innocuous school board policy modification. A change in school board policy at a local school district in Laredo, Texas, was designed to facilitate the fulfillment of a foreign language requirement for high school students. A…
Descriptors: Class Rank, Grade Point Average, Boards of Education, Board of Education Policy