This past year, Sean Danieli, a sophomore student at Pennyslvania's Elizabethtown College, was academically dismissed from the school, despite passing all of his classes in both semesters of his second year there. During these semesters, Sean was on Academic Probation for holding a GPA just under the level needed to avoid being put on probation. He signed a contract agreeing to terms for his continued enrollment at the college, specifying a variety of terms including a GPA improvement. The contract only indicated that failing to fulfill the terms of the contract increased the chance of the Academic Standing Committee reviewing him as a student unfavorably, and possibly choosing to dismiss him.

Sean, despite his efforts and success in passing all of his courses in the previous two semesters, was reviewed unfavorably and dismissed from the college. He subsequently was removed from the summer course he enrolled in, and was unseated from his Fall Semester courses, and will no longer be able to attend Elizabethtown College. All this occurred in his best academic semester so far, going from a student who withdrew from the college on medical grounds in his first semester, to passing all of his courses in his fourth. But his growth was cut short by a system that failed to recognize him as anything more than the number of his GPA. By being only .08 points below the cutoff for Academic Probation, he was seen as ‘unable to overcome the deficit,’ and was dismissed.

Sean is a beloved member of the Elizabethtown Community, a great friend, and a hardworking student unfairly treated by an understandable, yet flawed system. As there has been no response to emails sent politely protesting this action, this petition has been created. Any and all support is needed to help get Sean back where he needs to be: as a fellow Blue Jay at Elizabethtown.