Two Madison School Board members are criticizing district administration for not keeping them in the loop before deciding last week not to weight grades when ranking high schoolers for a new college admissions program.
Nicki Vander Meulen said the board should decide whether students are awarded additional grade point average credit for taking more-challenging classes.
Martha Siravo, meanwhile, said that questions she had about the issue went unanswered for months.
Vander Meulen thinks students should get a GPA boost for taking more honors or advanced placement classes. Siravo says she never received enough information from administrators to take an informed position on the issue.
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The Madison School District on Friday said it will maintain its current unweighted grading system for high schoolers.
Déjà vu: English 10 and Small Learning Communities.
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