Florida student receives a C and D on his report card, is placed on honor roll. Mom is not pleased.

It's smooth sailing at the Pasco Middle School in Dade City, FL, where everyone's a winner!

Douglas Tillack, a student at Pasco, received a large number of As, but also a C and D on his latest report card. Those last two grades might cause a moderate rebuke from the school, but his report card said "good job" with a smiley face.

Because everyone wins!

This wasn't enough to please his mother, Beth Tillack, who didn't take kindly to her son being praised for such varied grading. In Beth Tillack's world, a C and D don't cut it for the honor roll. Mom wanted some educational frontier justice for little Dougie, so she complained to the principal at Pasco.

But everyone wins!

Kim Anderson, the principal at Pasco, tells ABC News that, technically, a student can receive an F in a class and still make the honor roll, because a student only need a cumulative GPA of 3.15. A boat load of As and one F equals a 3.15. Moreover, according to Anderson, 45-to-50 percent of all students make the honor roll at the school.

Because everyone wins!

It's a numbers game, says the principal--teachers have no say in what constitutes an honor student. Even better, says Anderson, "I'm not sure if we'll change it, but we're looking into it."

But everyone wins!





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