SJUSD Allow Students Choice of Grades or Course Credit
SJUSD Allow Students Choice of Grades or Course Credit
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Ed Lee started this petition to San Jose Unified School District
- By no fault of their own, California’s students have been forced to shelter in place and utilize distance learning.
- While not all students have access to resources to allow them to make use of distance learning opportunities, there is a segment of the student population who are taking advantage of these programs and are in a position to achieve letter grades which can be beneficial to their college admission process.
- Many of the SJUSD Students attending high school are freshman/sophomores/Juniors who have aspirations to attend a 4 year college.
- SJUSD is offering only pass credit. Other neighboring districts (like Los Gatos high school) are offering a choice of a letter grade, or pass/fail credit.
- My son is a junior at a SJUSD high school, and has been taking Advanced Placement courses and getting excellent grades. He has been doing the distance learning course work and attending the optional Educational Testing Service AP prep courses. He is devastated with the current Pass credit policy communicated by SJUSD. The grades from this semester will move the needle on his GPA.
- This petition is to ask the Superintendent of SJUSD to offer a choice to its students to select a letter grade or pass credit.
- Some are arguing that UC and CSU schools are changing their criteria to accommodate the effect of the covid-19 crisis. GPA will continue to be a key admission criteria, however. What about other private colleges and universities who will be evaluating candidates that had the opportunity to attain letter grades during the shelter in place. By providing students a choice of a letter grade, we provide students the ability to potentially better their chances and choices for colleges.
- Lets provide our students the opportunity to choose. Please provide your support for choice by endorsing this petition.
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