Chapter 4 - THE SCORES
The school retained paper scoring sheets.
Smart.
Three teachers.
Anonymous student numbers.
Amelia’s average:
Harper’s:
Both good.
The digital summary sent to the Foundation showed:
Harper 94.
Amelia 86.
Someone reversed the outcome.
Metadata identified a Foundation program coordinator named Evelyn Shore.
She admitted changing the values.
Why?
“Lucinda told me the teachers submitted the wrong draft.”
Did Lucinda show corrected teacher sheets?
No.
Did Evelyn verify?
No.
Did she know the numbers affected solo assignments?
She thought they affected donor materials.
Not school decisions.
Then an email.
LUCINDA TO EVELYN:
Harper should remain the lead junior family performer as already represented. Clean the sheet before Calder sees inconsistency.
There.
Not subtle.
But still:
Did Lucinda know she was falsifying actual scores?
Yes.
She later admitted she believed the Foundation’s “legacy presentation” scoring was separate from school scoring.
Problem:
The spreadsheet was labeled OFFICIAL BLIND AUDITION RESULTS.
Hard excuse.
Then Mrs. Hayes had discovered the discrepancy after the donor packet listed Harper.
She told Lucinda:
“I cannot assign a solo based on altered results.”
Lucinda answered:
“You assign music. I manage the program.”
Wrong.
School teachers controlled recital assignments.
Then:
HAYES:
Amelia earned it.
LUCINDA:
Amelia is four.
HAYES:
Correct.
LUCINDA:
Then she will survive not being featured.
There.
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No concern about Harper earning something.
Only about keeping the story stable.
