What should I do about this school situation?

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My daughter is graduating from high school.  She took a multiple choice test in one of her classes.  After she got her grade we were reviewing the test and found one of the questions had NO correct answer.  If that question were not in the test, her grade for the course would be high enough that she may have qualified for a college scholarship.

We went to the school to ask that she get a new grade on the test after throwing out the question that did not have a correct answer.  Both the teacher and the principal refused.  They told us that once a grade is recorded, it can not be changed for ANY reason.   We are considering our options.   We are talking about the possibly of a LOT OF SCHOLARSHIP MONEY riding on the outcome of this. Here are some of the things we are thinking about.

Post the whole story on YOUTUBE and hope it will go viral and change the schools mind about changing the grade.

OR

Contacting the local newspaper and TV stations to see if they will give this some publicity.

OR

Contacting other parents whose children may have been victims of the same test.

OR

Suing the school board.

Any advice on how to proceed will be greatly appreciated

? · Answer

My best advice for you is to have your daughter attend community college. In that way, she will save money for her first 2 years of college, while giving her more opportunity to prove that she deserves a scholarship for her final 2 years of college.

drip · Answer

If she was one question off, on one test, in one class for a scholarship then she really never had it in the bag to begin with. She was always a breath away from not getting the scholarship and should have secured better grades.

Newspaper would laugh at you and never send anyone. 
YouTube would just make  her look ridiculous 
Go ahead and contact other parents.
Go ahead and sue if you can find a lawyer who would be willing to take the case,

Anonymous · Answer

I don't believe this story.  There is no way that thousands of dollars in scholarship money is riding on a single answer to a question; if it is, then she was cutting it too close overall anyway.  I also don't believe a school would respond in this way.  And who has decided that question has no correct answer?  Was it you?  Or did the teacher acknowledge that?  Because maybe it DID have a right answer and you just haven't been able to figure that out.  In any case, I don't think any of your options are going to result in the outcome you desire.

Anonymous · Answer

Don't be ridiculous. On question on one test wouldn't make that much difference, but there is nothing stopping you from contesting it. .

? · Answer

So youre saying her whole college future is dependant on one mulitple choice question not being marked, multiple choice questions dont even carry that much marks, u sound desperate, story doesnt make any sense, if it all depends on 1 MC uestion, that means she is borderline qualifying which means she should be rejected anyways cause other students will have marks in the 80s and 90s.

What should I do about this school situation?

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