Friday, May 4, 2001
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Friday, May 4, 2001 |
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Board to examine weighted grade policy By JOHN
THOMPSON Coweta Board of Education officials will study a proposal next Tuesday outlining a policy on weighted grades. The policy would not give any extra weight to college classes that students are currently taking, according to Superintendent of Education Richard Brooks. He added grades would be reported as simply failed or passed, which would not affect the student's grade point average. The issue came under fire when students attending Northgate High School learned they would not be receiving extra credit for college classes. Originally, Northgate officials had tabbed Amanda Kerlin as this year's salutatorian. Kerlin was jointly enrolled at the Academy of Georgia at the State University of West Georgia and her college classes were given an added weight of 1.15 by Northgate officials. But then school officials learned of an existing policy that states that college classes should not receive any extra weight and the school named Justin Dunn as salutatorian. Brooks said school officials were evaluating the classes like they were the school system's advanced placement classes, which do receive an extra weight. "We've just not had many of these situations prior to this year and the board will have to decide what their policy is," he said. The situation has created a furor between parents who have students enrolled in the academy and the board. The parents believe their children are being punished by taking harder classes and not receiving extra credit for them. The board will vote on the proposed policy during next Tuesday's 7 p.m. board meeting at Ruth Hill Elementary School in Newnan.
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