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Board holds public hearing on DPI waiver to use 'Laude' ranking for Wisconsin Guarantee admissions
Summary
District administration presented a waiver request to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction asking to substitute the district’s local 'Laude' ranking system for a strict GPA rank when reporting top 5%/10% for the Wisconsin Guarantee; the matter will be voted on in committee.
The Waunakee Community School District held a public hearing on a proposed waiver to the state program commonly called the Wisconsin Guarantee, in which districts report top-ranked juniors for preferred admission to University of Wisconsin campuses.
A district presenter described the local 'Laude' ranking system, which first calculates honors eligibility for students with a 3.0 GPA and then adds…
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