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Hamtramck students urge board to change grading weights and late-arrival policy
Summary
Multiple Hamtramck High students told the board that tests accounting for roughly 70% of course grades and a late-arrival policy that sends students to the auditorium are demotivating and unfair; students asked the board to reduce summative weight and reconsider the tardy procedure.
Several Hamtramck High School students addressed the board in a sustained public-comment segment, urging changes to the grading system and the school’s late-arrival policy.
"Grades should represent more than test performance," student Erna Balia told trustees, saying assignments and daily work do not carry enough weight and a single poor test can damage a student’s grade. Multiple students described a grading structure in which summative assessments — "tests and projects" — account for about…
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