Board gives weight to A.P.
classes
By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@thecitizennews.com
Coweta's students picked up
an incentive Tuesday night to take advanced placement classes.
The Coweta County Board of Education approved a system to give added weight
to advanced classes. The reason, according to Superintendent of Education
Richard Brooks, is that students were worried about their grade-point
averages.
"A lot of students are very aware of the HOPE Scholarship requirements
and were afraid to take those classes for fear of lowering their grade-point
average," he said.
The system studied neighboring systems and discovered that many gave extra
points or weighted the classes. The board decided to give the classes
a 1.15 weight. For instance, if a child averages 100 in advanced placement
math, his grade will be recorded as 115.
Brooks emphasized that this does not change any requirement or tests in
the classes. If a student wants to exempt a class in college, he or she
will still have to take a test to determine if he can exempt it.
"This really takes the fear that students have of the grade point
dropping, he said.
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