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Grants Pass board debates raising AP threshold, reducing number of valedictorians
Summary
Grants Pass School Board members and school staff spent a prolonged portion of a workshop meeting discussing proposed revisions to the district’s valedictorian and salutatorian policy, focusing on whether to require more Advanced Placement (AP) courses and how to limit the number of students who receive those honors.
Grants Pass School Board members and school staff spent a prolonged portion of a workshop meeting discussing proposed revisions to the district’s valedictorian and salutatorian policy, focusing on whether to require more Advanced Placement (AP) courses and how to limit the number of students who receive those honors. The board did not adopt a final policy; staff were asked to return with simplified language and options for the Aug. 12 meeting.
The discussion centered on competing goals: reward the highest GPA versus encourage students to take more rigorous coursework. High school staff and teachers described the current situation in which the policy requires four AP courses for valedictorian/salutatorian eligibility and said that number yields many recipients. A district administrator said the honors diploma requires six advanced courses and staff…
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