The final investigation into Newburgh's class-cutting basketball team hasn't lead to any discipline for staff, but it has made it more difficult for kids to join after school programs. Our John Wagner has the details.

NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- The Girls to Ladies club mentors troubled high schoolers, turning around bad behavior and low grades into mature women. But with all Newburgh School District sports and clubs members now required to maintain ninety percent attendance in every class and fewer than two failing subjects, girls would stay girls.

"About half the members, the new members, wouldn't be able to participate," explained Girls to Ladies founder Christine Hutchinson.

"It wasn't intended for those kids that were A+ students all the time, it was intended to help those that weren't--to make them better, to make them be able to do what they can really do," said second year member Jasmine Amaro, a junior at Newburgh Free Academy.

After seeing un-ladylike behavior in halls and classrooms, a few teachers set the group up to find out why girls are acting out and help them work through their issues.

"We were really able to turn around their attitude, stop them from getting in trouble at school, starting building schools to do better at school, last year we were writing college recommendation letters," said Susan Martini, co-advisor for Girls to Ladies.

"You judge a book by it's cover and I've learned not to do that," said Terri Ledo, a junior at Newburgh Free Academy, and a four year club member. "You kinda see the person blossom and you realize wow they're not as bad as they look."

YNN asked the school district if they would give back the championship trophy, but they would not respond to calls for comment. In light of groups like Girls to Ladies, however, the school board says they will reevaluate their policy.

"We would not want that program to go down the drain if it does some good for the kids that need it," said school board member Runston Lewis.

"It does keep our children, as the young lady said, off the street and out of trouble, it gives them something positive," said school board president Dawn Fucheck.

Girls to Lady members often do community service and are planning a community day at the Armory sometime in May to support all of Newburgh.

The attendance policy is meant to get the focus back on academics, and while ladies agree school should come first, they don't think girls should be left behind just because of a few class-cutting champions.

"You can apply it to like going to games or going to dances and stuff, but to apply it to the clubs that can actually benefit you, it doesn't make sense," said Ledo.