WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- An audit indicates at least one Washington, D.C., high school has allowed students to graduate while falling far short of the requirements.
The report by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General looked most closely at Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, The Washington Times reported. But the audit also suggested similar problems at other high schools in the city.
Inspector General Charles Willoughby said the school district does not have well-defined graduation requirements.
"Students graduated without meeting the graduation requirements because guidance counselors did not properly categorize courses," the report said.
Willoughby examined a sample of 75 students who graduated from Wilson and found 17, or more than one-fifth, did not meet the requirements.
The audit was ordered after a history teacher at Wilson complained of fuzzy graduation requirements. Superintendent Clifford Janey said Wilson's principal, Stephen Tarason, plans to form a committee to review the school's standards.
