The Wicomico County Board of Education at its Jan. 12 Board meeting will decide whether to approve on first reading a proposal to increase the minimum grade point average (GPA) for extracurricular activities to 1.85 in for the 2010-11 school year, and to 2.0 the year after that. A second reading on the draft policy would also be needed, and that would most likely occur at the Feb. 9 Board meeting.
Since last year, a task force has been reviewing Wicomico’s minimum GPA requirement of 1.6 on a 4.0 scale. Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Fredericksen and Director of Secondary Education Kimberly Miles presented the task force’s recommendations and a draft policy on Cocurricular and Extracurricular Activity Eligibility to the Board Tuesday, Jan. 5, at a work session.
Middle and high schools will send a copy of the draft policy home with students on Monday, Jan. 11. Schools will also make a ParentLink call to parents and guardians to let them know about the proposal and upcoming meetings on it.
The proposed policy is also posted here. Comments or concerns may be e-mailed to comments@wcboe.org, and the Board will take public comments at the Jan. 12 Board meeting.
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Gee, why even have a gpa requirement at all? Some kids are really smart but can't be reached by our education system.
ReplyDeleteGauge it instead to attendance and disciplinary records.
2.o is still too low but at least the bar is being raised instead of lowered for a change.
ReplyDelete2:29 thats not the way life works. Just because you show up to a job everyday and don't get in trouble doesn't mean you should keep that job if you don't do the work that is required of you.
ReplyDeleteWhy not a 2.5? 2.5 is 75%. That is a C.
ReplyDeleteThe private school I attended required a2.5 GPA. 1.6 is terrible.You can show up and get a 1.6.
ReplyDeleteyeah, right, I know of cases where coaches and teachers fudged kids grades just so they could continue to play. of course they had a lot of talent but after they finished school they never amounted to anything. can you say do you want fries with that!
ReplyDeleteThey can raise the GPA to 4.0 if they want. The problem is all the special permission transfers to play a sport at a school other than their own. Everyone wants to be a star or a winner, so if it looks like their team wont be good, they jump ship and transfer to another school. That is what needs to be addressed, by the board of ed.
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