Teachers and parents urge Albemarle school board to delay broad adoption of grading policy and reconsider principal reassignment at Greer

A group of teachers, parents and community members told the Albemarle County Public Schools board on March 26 that a proposed adoption of the division’s grading policy should be delayed to allow teacher input and clearer implementation guidelines, and several speakers asked the board to reverse a superintendent’s reassignment of Greer Elementary’s principal.

Alicia Selenas, a Spanish teacher at Western Albamar High School, said the policy’s retake guidelines encourage students to rely on second chances rather than develop time-management and executive-functioning skills. “The constant options of retakes sets up false expectations for college level academic work,” she said, arguing the retake approach can “inflate grades with second time advantage” and increase…