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AACPS board weighs allowing students to request private class rank amid sharp debate
Summary
Board members heard hours of public comment and a detailed staff presentation on a proposed grading policy revision that would allow AACPS to calculate class rank on request while keeping it off transcripts; trustees split over student mental health risks versus college and scholarship access.
The Anne Arundel County Board of Education spent a major portion of its meeting debating proposed changes to grading policy II that would permit the school system to calculate a student’s class rank if the student or their family requests it.
School staff presented the draft as narrowly tailored: class rank would be calculated but not posted in Canvas, PowerSchool, or on official transcripts; access would be mediated by school counselors or administrators. “Class rank will not appear anywhere for students. The language simply allows the system to calculate class rank,” Chief…
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