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Board told of student handbook draft; grading-scale and schedule changes highlighted
Summary
Administrators circulated a draft student handbook that reflects changes to the high-school schedule and a proposed change in the grading scale (including plus/minus steps); the board was asked to review the draft ahead of a vote at the next meeting.
The administration presented a draft of the student handbook and asked board members to review it before the next meeting, citing a few notable updates that will affect high-school graduation requirements and grading.
Mister Ridgeway said the handbook ties directly to board policy and that the high-school schedule changes have altered graduation requirements. He also said the handbook draft recommends switching from the district's current four-point grading scale to a scale that includes pluses and minuses and additional grade-step precision; the draft noted B-plus as 3.3 in the new scale. "So it's kinda like a college, at least in my in my opinion," Ridgeway said when explaining the shift to a more granular grade scale.
Ridgeway asked the board to send any questions to the policy committee for review; the board will be asked to vote on the student handbook at the next meeting. No final policy changes were approved at this session.
