Maybe Mr. Oswald should focus on this rather than who is the basketball coach.

Joanna, thank you for writing on this. Your last sentence was almost prescient, and the outcome sadly predictable (not the sentence itself, but what it illuminates). Right here on Patch we have (as of this writing) 119 comments on the "flag controversey", had probably a couple hundred on the basketball, and regarding achievement - supposedly what kids are in school for in the first place - virtually nothing.

Did anybody even read the part (earlier story) about the school board voting to (finally, belatedly) ditch the horrid EveryDayMath curriculum and gravitate towards something more supportive of general mathematical competency (not to mention STEM)? Kudos to the curriculum committee and the superintendent for their work in that arena.

Bob - my, unfortunate, pleasure to write this.  I did notice the amount of posts that the flag controversy and the basketball coach articles had versus this subject. Sadly, it speaks for itself. 
I honestly can't fault the administration or the faculty entirely and I can certainly understand how frustrating it can be for superintendent Oswald (see his reply).  A good education is composed of three main areas; dedicated teachers, a well designed curriculum and, most importantly, the involvement of parents.  
What this and previous CHS report cards tell me is that: 1) while the faculty is dedicated and truly does their best they have reached their potential and 2) the vast majority of parents are NOT involved at the level they should be in the day to day progress of their son/daughter or what is and has been taking place at the school level (outside of extra circular activity) as evidenced by the lack of replies to this post and attendance at "normal" BOE meetings.  If the majority of parents truly cared they would be banging the door down, the phone lines would be jammed at the administration office, their kids would be grounded for poor grades and they would be looking hard in the mirror. 
If average is the mid-point between the top and the bottom and CHS has scored less than average then the letter grade would be a C-.  If my child came home with that grade it would be end of basketball and everything else. 
I propose that the high school be renamed to "C- HS".  

First of all, for some students a C is doing their best and I think it is incredibly ignorant to take a dig at these students. Second, report cards and state tests are completely different. It is quite easy to pull an A or B without really understanding the material, thus while our test scores are below average. To blame it all on the parents is just inaccurate and unfair. Also, I'm sure very few parents comment on the patch so to base it off what articles have comments does not make too much sense. But hey, I guess it's easier to tell others to look in the mirror as opposed to doing it yourself.

What does the future hold for the child whose best is a C grade?

I'm not saying that grades determine a happy life. I AM curious to know what sort of future that child can look forward to. I should have specified 'employment future'. We have young people looking unsuccessfully for work who have newly minted BA degrees. What sort of work is available to the high school graduate? I am presuming that a C average would not open any college doors but concede that I may be wrong on that point.

Thank you for clarifying that for me.