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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks to all the PPs.  I read the on-line materials and have spoken to at least two different counselors.  My DD spoke briefly to one counselor about it.  One counselor told me that a student could not move on to Spanish 2 from Spanish 1 if you expunge the Spanish 1 grade.  When I pointed out the written policy stating otherwise, she said while it is "technically" possible under the policy, that if you expunge the Spanish 1 grade, it is "wrong" to advance to Spanish 2.  The second counselor could not think of a reason why you shouldn't expunge a C+ or even B- or B and still move on to the next level class if you thought you would get higher grades in high school, but he seemed very unfamiliar with the practice and did not seem to have any idea how it would be viewed in the college application process.  My DH feels that expunging in DD's case is "unseemly" and thinks that my DD earned the high school credits so she should keep them and own the grades.  My DD says the grades were aberrations based on a variety of things going on in middle school and she does not want to start high school with a 2.70 GPA when she feels she can do better.  My sister in another state finds it odd that the grades are on the high school transcripts in the first place. Her DS took Spanish 1, Algebra 1 and Geometry in middle school - under the school policies in that state, none of these grades (As and Bs in his case) will be on his high school transcript. In her state,  Algebra and Spanish in middle school are considered advanced, "college-bound" classes but not necessarily high school level classes.  Having been through the college application process with an older child, she does not think colleges will see anything strange about the fact her son started Spanish 2 and Algebra 2 in 9th grade and does not have Spanish 1, etc on his record  -- it will just indicate he started on an advanced track in middle school and colleges won't think  "Where is his Spanish 1 grade?  Did he expunge it?" But none of the counselors I have spoken to so far have been able to give me any insight on how colleges would view it in our case. Thus, it would be helpful to hear from others who have chosen to expunge passing /solid grades and especially how it played out down the road.  The decision to expunge 8th grade high school grades must be made before the end of the first quarter of ninth grade. [/quote]

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