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Student advisory recommends 5.0 weighted GPA and limiting class rank; board approves K–3 ELA and K–5 science pilots
Summary
The Student Advisory Committee recommended adopting a 5.0 weighted GPA scale and hiding routine access to class rank; Cooper Williams presented the recommendation. Separately, the board approved a course name change, the Act 48 committee appointments, and pilots for K–3 ELA (Benchmark Advanced, KCLA) and K–5 Mystery Science ahead of a PDE mandate.
Cooper Williams, a senior representing the Student Advisory Committee, told the board the council studied GPA weighting and class rank over two meetings and unanimously recommended the district shift to a 5.0 weighted GPA scale and avoid routine visibility of class rank. Cooper described concerns that eliminating weighting could discourage students from taking rigorous courses and proposed a "blind" rank option where official rank could be…
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