National Honor Societies always seem to struggle with eligibility. Whether it's the students that are just below the minimum GPA or students that fall short on the other three pillars. A more rarely thought of case is that of "part-time students". Whether the student is part time at the local high school and part time at the career center, or at the high school and local community college, or whichever unique combination you find, there is an answer, although in some situations, that answer is about as clear as mud!

The case we were working with involved a student who spent most of his time at a school in the district that was NOT his actual "home high school". In this district, most students with special needs were all bussed to one of the high schools (we'll call this Other School), regardless of their home school. The adviser at Other School called to say that this particular student met the minimum GPA eligibility requirement for that school and would he be included in the school's NHS candidate roster even though he wasn't officially a student there?