SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The Sweetwater School Board has created a new grade option to help students who have been impacted by the pandemic.
Manny Rubio from the Sweetwater Union High School District joined Good Morning San Diego to explain how the “no credit” system works.
Rubio says the grading style will give students a chance to make up the class later on, and will not be factored into a student’s grade point average.
The grade will be given to students who faced challenges including lack of internet or computer access.
SWEETWATER (KUSI) – Sweetwater Union High School District is adopting an alternative way of grading, in order to help students struggling because of distance learning.
Failing grades are much more prominent among our students as a result of the distance learning style amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The district has created a “no credit” grade option. Manny Rubio, a district official says the grading style will give students a chance to make up the class later on, and will not be factored into a student’s grade point average.
The grade will be given to students who faced challenges including lack of internet or computer access.
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Leaders of hundreds of now-shuttered San Diego County schools say the surge in COVID-19 cases is keeping schools closed indefinitely for thousands of students. Some school leaders and parents say their frustration is growing because the worse the surge gets, the farther away a possibility of reopening seems.
“Every time people make a decision like not to wear masks, every time people make decisions to congregate with people outside of their households the result of those individual actions is that it will delay the time that kids can be back in school,” said Richard Barrera, vice president of the San Diego Unified School Board.
District spokesperson Manny Rubio said, “For us, attendance isn’t just logging in, attendance means engagement.”
He said that means attendance is based on, for example, contact with teachers during office hours, and turning in required assignments.
“For us, the fact the attendance rates are what they are, I think is a really big positive for us. It says a lot about what we’re doing for students.” Rubio said the issue of more D and F grades during distance learning is one facing many districts across the county and state. He said districts are doing their best to adjust and accommodate the situation.