Parent asks Verona board for timeline on posting grades; officials point to faculty handbook

During public comment at the May 14 Verona Board of Education meeting, parent Denise Verzella asked whether the district has a policy requiring teachers to post grades into the online gradebook within a specified time after assignments are due.

"Is there a policy about when grades have to be published on the grade book after an assignment is due?" Verzella asked. She described checking online gradebooks near the end of the marking period and discovering a missing test grade that affected her child's average.

Superintendent Diane DeGiseppe acknowledged there is not currently a timeline and said "there should be" one to prevent situations where parents and students are surprised by late postings. Board members and administrators suggested the appropriate venue for such guidance would likely be the faculty handbook or internal procedures rather than a formal board policy, and emphasized that teachers should reach out to families when students receive poor grades.

A board member noted that operational practices are typically set at the school-building level and that administrators could incorporate timeline expectations into building procedures or the faculty handbook. The board did not vote on a policy at the meeting.

Ending: Officials recommended pursuing administrative guidance or handbook language and encouraged parents to request meetings with administrators to discuss specific concerns; the board did not set a formal policy at this meeting.