Should Hamilton GPA be Determined Differently?
Parents asked the School Board to consider changing the way GPAs are determined for accelerated eighth-graders.
Two parents asked the Hamilton School Board to consider changing the way grade point averages are determined. During the public comment period at Monday's meeting, they asked that the grade earned in high school mathematics classes taken by accelerated eighth-graders do not affect class rank. Since the issue was not on the agenda, the board could not discuss the matter, according to the board meeting highlights. What do you think? Vote in our poll and discuss the issue in the comments.
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john segundus
8:12 am on Saturday, March 9, 2013
being a AP honor scholar, a former member of NHS, and having been in "accelerated" or "honors" classes since kindergarten, allow me to say that the "harder" classes are on a completely different level than "regular" classes. Advanced students should receive a boost in GPA--it is only fair. said students are doing far more work than their counterparts. however, what i would really like to see is … more ›