The RSU 1 administration is proposing a switch to standards-based grading from the 6th – 12th grade. We currently have this grading system until the 5th grade, but the plan is to extend this to 12th grade. The current scale is A+ to F- (......15 levels) for grades 6-12. This will be reduced to 4 levels (1-4) on a standards-based report card. If you’d like to have a voice on this topic before the School Board votes, please consider attending this meeting.
Hall-Dale School (RSU 2) switched to this report card. 140 parents signed a petition against it, but it made no difference. They are now finding that the 1-4 scale doesn’t have enough levels. The Superintendent of Schools in Yarmouth also proposed this through 12th grade, but the Yarmouth Board recently voted it down due to the objections of parents. Nancy Harriman will be presenting on the elementary report card at tomorrow’s meeting.
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