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Sumter policy committee reviews grading floor as high-school failures rise after removal
Summary
Trustees heard presentations and district data showing higher high-school failure rates after removing a 50% grading floor. Staff and board members discussed historical rationale, intervention programs, attendance effects and recommended the matter go to the full board for alignment of policy and administrative rule.
The Sumter School District Board of Trustees Policy Committee on Monday reviewed the district's grading-floor policy (IKE) and heard that high-school course failures rose to about 31% for the first semester after the district removed a 50% minimum grade.
District administrator Dr. Jada McLeod told the committee that the grading floor was first implemented for the 2015-16 school year and that the 50% figure was chosen to allow students an opportunity to recover, to align with the district's 5-point weighting system and to comply with state practices for recording withdrawals and attendance-related failures.
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