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Following a lengthy discussion during the work session Tuesday, Cloquet school board members voted 4-2 to give high school students an "incomplete" grade instead of an "F" if they failed a class during the fourth quarter, when the district switched to distance learning.

Getting an "I" on their report card means students will have to make up the class in order to receive credit for the course.

Cloquet high school principal Steve Battaglia initially proposed that failing students receive an asterisk instead of a grade for any classes they failed, and would therefore be "held harmless" for the pe...