Grade-Fixing Allegations At Queens High School Prompt DA Probe

MASPETH, QUEENS — The Queens district attorney's office is investigating grade-fixing allegations at Maspeth High School, the subject of a recent New York Post exposé.

Whistleblowers claim an unwritten no-fail policy called the "Maspeth minimum" is behind the Queens high school's 98-percent graduation rate and 90-percent Regents pass rate, the New York Post reported Saturday.

Under the so-called "Maspeth minimum," all of the school's 2,100 students make the minimum test score or grade to pass or graduate, according to the Post.

"Teachers are not allowed to fail students," a staffer told the news outlet.

The Public Integrity Bureau in the Queens DA's office is reviewing the claims, a spokesperson for Acting Queens District Attorney John M. Ryan confirmed in an email to Patch.

The investigation began after City Council Member Bob Holden shared the allegations during a meeting Friday at Queens Borough Hall, according to the Post.

"The people responsible for much of this should be identified and I would like to see them prosecuted," Holden told the Post on Monday.

Read the full story in the New York Post.