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Loudouners still pushing for grading scale change
A group of county parents calling themselves Fairgrade Loudoun is continuing with the fight to change Loudoun County Public Schools' grading scale.
School Board members are now reviewing Fairgrade's data before their next meeting in September, at which time they will consider whether or not a committee should be formed to study a grading scale change.
Loudoun County Public Schools currently use a seven-point scale, meaning anything from a 93 to 100 is considered an A, and grades drop in seven-point increments. But in the majority of school districts across the country, which operate on a 10-point scale, a 90 to 100 is an A.
Fairgrade Loudoun wants to change to the 10-point scale, which supporters say would give Loudoun students a more fair chance when competing for GPA-based scholarships or honors programs.
Michele Zuckerman, one of the parents spearheading the 10-point campaign, said members of Fairgrade met with School Board member J. Warren Geurin (Sterling) and members of the Curriculum and Instruction Committee earlier this month to discuss the grading scale initiative.
Zuckerman said she and the other founding parents of Fairgrade Loudoun continue to work with the Fairgrade group in Fairfax County, which originally launched the petition for a 10-point grading scale in that district.
"Together, we are pursuing the possibility of a statewide change to the grading scale by the commonwealth of Virginia's legislature," Zuckerman said. "We are meeting this week with our local delegates who have indicated an interest in sponsoring such legislation."
Zukerman urges supporters of the change to write to local School Board representatives, state delegates and senators. A list of contacts and more information is on the Fairgrade Loudoun Web site at www.fairgradeloudoun.org.
-- Elizabeth Coe
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