HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — Hanover School Board members unanimously approved an 10-point grading scale for the school system Tuesday night.
This comes after Hanover County parents advocated for a change in the current seven point grading scale. Those parents said the existing system puts students at a disadvantage when stacked up against kids in other schools.
Parents argued that colleges don’t see number grades, so their students were at a competitive disadvantage.
Right now, Hanover County is on a 7-point grading scale. That means a score of 93-100 is an A.
Surrounding school districts such as Henrico, Chesterfield, and Richmond are on a 10-point grading scale, where a 90-100 is an A.
Tuesday’s vote came after School Board member Norman Sulser made a motion to adopt a ten point grading scale.
The 10-point grading scale with take into effect beginning with the 2017-18 school year.
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