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District pilots unified grading guidelines for secondary schools after staff and parent surveys
Summary
A task force of teachers and administrators will pilot consistent grading guidelines in 2025–26 for middle and high school courses, including a two-week window for late work before a 50% floor applies and a policy limiting summative retake recovery to a maximum of 70. District staff will monitor the pilot with PLC checks and quarterly reports.
Winchester Public Schools will pilot a set of unified grading guidelines in the 2025–26 school year after a task-force review of staff and family survey results, district presenters told the Chesterfield School Board.
The task force — which district staff said included nearly 80 staff respondents and representation from across grade levels and subjects — identified widespread inconsistency in grading practices across…
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