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Board adopts resolution to phase out weighted grades at SAVHS
Summary
The board adopted a resolution to transition St. Anthony Village High School to a non‑weighted grading system beginning 2024–25, with current juniors and seniors grandfathered under the prior weighted system; the superintendent was directed to implement and communicate the change.
The St. Anthony-New Brighton Board of Education presented and adopted a resolution directing St. Anthony Village High School (SAVHS) to transition to a non-weighted grading system effective the beginning of the 2024–2025 school year. The resolution includes a grandfather clause: students who are juniors and seniors in 2024–25 will retain grades computed under the existing weighted system for grades earned during their junior and senior years.
The resolution text cites a 2024 change in state law requiring high schools to weight concurrent enrollment courses in a consistent manner and frames the policy change as an equity and transparency measure. It directs the superintendent to implement the resolution, to develop communications explaining GPA calculations under both systems, and to include the change in district policy (policy 620). "Phase-Out of Weighted Grades: Effective the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, the high school will transition to a non-weighted grading system for all courses," the resolution states.
The packet includes the full resolution language and implementation directions; no roll-call vote tally for the passage is recorded in the provided segments, though the resolution text includes a "PASSED this 3rd day of December, 2024" signature block.
