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Board hears public hearing on DPI waiver to use local Laude ranking for Wisconsin Guarantee
Summary
District administrators presented a waiver application to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to use the Waunakee Laude ranking system (rather than straight GPA) to identify top students for the Wisconsin Guarantee; the required public hearing was held and the curriculum committee later moved a resolution approving the system variance.
District administrators presented a DPI waiver application and held the required public hearing seeking permission to report Waunakee’s Laude rankings in lieu of a straight GPA rank for the Wisconsin Guarantee (sometimes described in the meeting as Act 95 / Wisconsin guarantee). The hearing noted the waiver would apply to the district’s current-year seniors.
Assistant/district staff explained the Laude system: it begins with a GPA threshold (3.0) and then awards additional Laude points for…
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