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Students swipe teacher's password, change grades
High school students in Santa Fe changed grades
Updated: 4:21 PM MDT Mar 25, 2014
Alana Grimstad
Santa Fe Bureau Reporter
A group of students at a Santa Fe high school might not graduate after they were caught changing their own grades by breaking into a teacher's computer.A number of Capital High School students were caught after stealing a teacher's password, breaking into a computer and changing their grades.School officials said the 20 students are part of an alternative class for students who have fallen behind, a class where courses and lectures are taught online.The cheating students were suspended for two days, and they'll have to retake the classes if they want credit.School officials said the students must now make up the class on their own time, including the weekends. Some seniors might not even graduate.Once a teacher figured out what was going on and reported it, the students admitted what they'd done. Some told the principal they just changed one or two grades, while others fessed up to cheating over and over again.School officials said all passwords have been changed and students are no longer allowed to use teachers' computers.
SANTA FE, N.M. —
A group of students at a Santa Fe high school might not graduate after they were caught changing their own grades by breaking into a teacher's computer.
A number of Capital High School students were caught after stealing a teacher's password, breaking into a computer and changing their grades.
School officials said the 20 students are part of an alternative class for students who have fallen behind, a class where courses and lectures are taught online.
The cheating students were suspended for two days, and they'll have to retake the classes if they want credit.
School officials said the students must now make up the class on their own time, including the weekends. Some seniors might not even graduate.
Once a teacher figured out what was going on and reported it, the students admitted what they'd done. Some told the principal they just changed one or two grades, while others fessed up to cheating over and over again.
School officials said all passwords have been changed and students are no longer allowed to use teachers' computers.
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