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Plainview ISD board denies parents' grievance over transcript changes and dual-credit crediting
Summary
Parents Jessica and Chris Thornhill argued district staff removed credits without notice and treated dual-credit English courses inconsistently; the board upheld administration and denied the Level 3 grievance after hearing presentations from the Thornhills and district staff.
The Plainview ISD Board of Trustees voted to deny a Level 3 grievance from Jessica and Chris Thornhill challenging the district’s handling of student transcripts and the crediting of certain dual‑credit English courses.
The board’s decision came after a hearing in which the Thornhills asked the district to stop making unannounced changes to student transcripts, to award 1 full high‑school English credit for a Wayland/Wayland Baptist University (WBU) British literature dual‑credit course, and to stop limiting the number of English courses that count toward GPA/class‑rank to four. "Plainview ISD did not notify us that they were deleting credit from our senior's transcript," Chris Thornhill said during the hearing.
The Thornhills said they filed a Level 1 complaint on April 23, 2025, and that the district denied their requested remedies at Levels 1 and 2. They appealed to a Level 3 hearing after receiving a Level 2 response dated May 22, 2025; the transcript of the Level 3 hearing records the appeal as filed May 29, 2025. The Thornhills presented documentary evidence and argued…
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