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Port Washington committee backs smaller honors/AP weight, separating Regents from course grades and adding minus grades
Summary
Port Washington Union Free School District curriculum committee members recommended narrowing honors/AP grade weighting to 0.3 (roughly one step on the letter‑grade scale), removing New York State Regents exams from local course final grades, and adding minus grades to the district grading scale, while staff said implementation and transcript changes remain under review.
Port Washington Union Free School District curriculum committee members recommended narrowing honors/AP grade weighting to 0.3 (roughly one step on the letter-grade scale), removing New York State Regents exams from local course final grades, and adding minus grades to the district grading scale, while staff said implementation and transcript changes remain under review.
The changes are intended to reduce incentive pressure to overload on AP/honors courses, make room for electives, and reduce stress on students and families. Dr. Feeney, the committee liaison, said, "The regents exam would be completely disconnected from any grade that the school is giving," explaining the proposal to stop treating Regents as a separate "fifth bucket" that can shift yearlong averages.
Committee presenters and board members described the package as a single, interlocking proposal: shift from the current model that treated end‑of‑year state exams or teacher finals as a separate grade component to a four‑quarter system in…
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