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Marion City Board adopts new Harding High grading practices and GPA scale, to phase in with class of 2032
Summary
The Marion City Schools board approved updated grading practices for Harding High School and a new GPA weighting system that will begin with next year’s incoming seventh-grade cohort (class of 2032), citing fairness for future course selection and alignment with regional standards.
The Marion City Schools Board of Education voted April 20 to adopt a set of new grading practices for Harding High School and a revised GPA weighting scale, changes school officials said are intended to increase consistency and align the district with local and state norms.
Principal Todd Snyder told the board the changes will take effect in two parts: the grading-practice elements — standard late-work rules, syllabus requirements, grade-book expectations and a 40/40/20 semester weighting — would begin in the 2026–27 school year. The new GPA scale, which reinterprets course weights (standard courses on a 4.0 scale; honors on a 4.5 scale; AP, CCP and CTE level‑2 courses on a 5.0/5.3 scale), will roll in for the cohort entering seventh grade in fall 2026 and graduating in 2032.
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