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MVLA student advisory urges clearer, fairer grading; board asks for follow-up analysis
Summary
Members of the Mountain View–Los Altos Student Advisory Council presented recommendations to make grading less punitive and more transparent, and trustees asked staff to analyze impacts before any policy changes.
Members of the Mountain View–Los Altos Student Advisory Council (MSAC) presented the board on June 9 with a package of recommendations aimed at making grading more equitable and transparent across district high schools.
The students, introduced by Michelle Visenet, district communications and outreach lead, urged changes they said would reduce the outsized effect of single low scores, make progress visible earlier and give students clearer paths to revision and mastery. "Grading has a lot of impact on our motivation to do work," an MSAC student said during the presentation.
Why it matters: board members said the students' proposals could affect thousands of high‑school students across Mountain View and Los Altos and intersect with teacher workload, bargaining rules and district policy. Trustees asked staff to analyze the…
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