<p>I think scholar-athletes are part of this equation too. Our district had a pass/fail option for middle-schoolers who weren’t as confident. The P/F would be on the high school transcript but wouldn’t affect GPA. However, when the NCAA looked at transcripts, they marked P/F as a D in their files. It really messed some families up and the NCAA was not at all interested in changing its rules to accommodate 8th grade Algebra. It’s impossible to make everyone happy…</p>