Stratford High School’s executive principal responded in an email to parents about claims of grade manipulation at the school.

A former Stratford High School assistant principal alleges fake classes were created and grades were manipulated to help students graduate.

Metro school administrators defended the district’s grading system Tuesday afternoon following WSMV4’s “Making the Grade” investigations, which have featured former teachers, a school counselor and a former superintendent alleging that students received grades they didn’t earn.

A former Metro Schools community superintendent, Dr. Damon Cathey, is speaking publicly for the first time about grade falsification at Stratford High School, first exposed in 2019 under then-principal Michael Steele.

A former Stratford High School counselor, Constance Wade, alleges Metro Nashville Public Schools manipulated grades through a “credit recovery” testing process to boost graduation rates, prompting a state civil rights investigation.

Two former Metro Nashville teachers allege district administrators directed them to change failing student grades, backed by internal emails and resignation letters.