The school board just confirmed that PSEO students will be included in the weighted grade rankings moving forward. I am relieved that we finally fixed this unfair policy for my daughter and her classmates. Thank you for staying with me through this entire fight.
November 9, 2016
Final supporters
We propose that St. Francis High School does not start the weighted grade ranking for CIS/AP students at this time. We feel it needs to be researched more thoroughly and it is unfair to PSEO students in it's current form. The current policy puts PSEO students at a clear disadvantage in class ranking and class percentile.
Updates
September 29, 2016
I have spent the last few days talking with families who are feeling the exact same frustration I am about their students being left behind by this policy. The silence from the administration is becoming impossible to ignore so we are currently drafting a formal letter to bring these concerns directly to the board table.
September 29, 2016
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only one fighting for a fair academic landscape for my child. This level of backing proves that the administration cannot continue to ignore how their current policy punishes students for choosing the PSEO path.
Reached 100 supporters
September 29, 2016
30 Comments
As a student taking AP and CIS classes, I can attest to their rigor. I can also attest to what I hear from friends I have that are going PSEO, and it sounds to me that the coursework is equally as hard if not harder. However, I don't think that the weighting of grades should be postponed at the present moment if they can weight the PSEO grades. If the process is too complicated to complete in time for the weighted grades to go into effect here at the high school, I am all for postponing it; students following a path of almost full immersion into the college experience should not be placed lower than students learning the same material at the high school. If the high school is going to weight the grades of its students in college level classes, it cannot exclude those going PSEO.
The change to the weighted grade system was decided too late for this year's PSEO students. My understanding is the final decision was made in July at which time many of these students were already enrolled elsewhere. As class rank can affect scholarships it is possible this decision could cost these excellent students real money. At the least, the current PSEO students should be grandfathered into this and treated the same as the in-school college class students. Let's be fair to the best students SFHS has to offer. John K.
The actual college classes are harder than the classes the high school teacher is teaching. Students should not be treated higher for staying at the high school if all else the ones doing PSEO should be given the chance for higher than 4.0.
I just graduate as a senior from Andover High school, and spent my entire senior year as a full time pseo student. I struggled in those classes, but knew I wanted to challenge myself to prepare for college and save money. It was unfortunate that due do to unweighted grades, my gpa dropped and I went from one of the top honor kids in my class to making the honor gpa cut by .09. It was more than frustrating and offensive to see I gave up my senior slide, to challenge myself and get ready for college , and to see people taking several easy classes and earning high honors with little to no effort.
Kalissa, I truely believe you are not alone in your feelings of abandonment by SFHS. Your situation seems to be a common theme at the high school. Once you become a PSEO student the school feels no obligation to assist you anymore. But we feel they do have an obligation and this is why we are passing around this petition. Please pass this on to those you know who are in PSEO, thinking of doing PSEO or have left PSEO as you have. With your help we CAN CHANGE this situation.
Treat all students equally, please.
Hoping the district will be transparent with the process and decision that will be made. I would also like to know if the district receives any funding for PSEO students?
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The school board just confirmed that PSEO students will be included in the weighted grade rankings moving forward. I am relieved that we finally fixed this unfair policy for my daughter and her classmates. Thank you for staying with me through this entire fight.
November 9, 2016
Final supporters
We propose that St. Francis High School does not start the weighted grade ranking for CIS/AP students at this time. We feel it needs to be researched more thoroughly and it is unfair to PSEO students in it's current form. The current policy puts PSEO students at a clear disadvantage in class ranking and class percentile.
Updates
September 29, 2016
I have spent the last few days talking with families who are feeling the exact same frustration I am about their students being left behind by this policy. The silence from the administration is becoming impossible to ignore so we are currently drafting a formal letter to bring these concerns directly to the board table.
September 29, 2016
Seeing this kind of momentum confirms that I am not the only one fighting for a fair academic landscape for my child. This level of backing proves that the administration cannot continue to ignore how their current policy punishes students for choosing the PSEO path.
Reached 100 supporters
September 29, 2016
30 Comments
All students is ALL students. PSCO students are still enrolled in SFHS as a student.
As a student taking AP and CIS classes, I can attest to their rigor. I can also attest to what I hear from friends I have that are going PSEO, and it sounds to me that the coursework is equally as hard if not harder. However, I don't think that the weighting of grades should be postponed at the present moment if they can weight the PSEO grades. If the process is too complicated to complete in time for the weighted grades to go into effect here at the high school, I am all for postponing it; students following a path of almost full immersion into the college experience should not be placed lower than students learning the same material at the high school. If the high school is going to weight the grades of its students in college level classes, it cannot exclude those going PSEO.
The change to the weighted grade system was decided too late for this year's PSEO students. My understanding is the final decision was made in July at which time many of these students were already enrolled elsewhere. As class rank can affect scholarships it is possible this decision could cost these excellent students real money. At the least, the current PSEO students should be grandfathered into this and treated the same as the in-school college class students. Let's be fair to the best students SFHS has to offer. John K.
The actual college classes are harder than the classes the high school teacher is teaching. Students should not be treated higher for staying at the high school if all else the ones doing PSEO should be given the chance for higher than 4.0.
I just graduate as a senior from Andover High school, and spent my entire senior year as a full time pseo student. I struggled in those classes, but knew I wanted to challenge myself to prepare for college and save money. It was unfortunate that due do to unweighted grades, my gpa dropped and I went from one of the top honor kids in my class to making the honor gpa cut by .09. It was more than frustrating and offensive to see I gave up my senior slide, to challenge myself and get ready for college , and to see people taking several easy classes and earning high honors with little to no effort.
Kalissa, I truely believe you are not alone in your feelings of abandonment by SFHS. Your situation seems to be a common theme at the high school. Once you become a PSEO student the school feels no obligation to assist you anymore. But we feel they do have an obligation and this is why we are passing around this petition. Please pass this on to those you know who are in PSEO, thinking of doing PSEO or have left PSEO as you have. With your help we CAN CHANGE this situation.
Treat all students equally, please.
Hoping the district will be transparent with the process and decision that will be made. I would also like to know if the district receives any funding for PSEO students?
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All students is ALL students. PSCO students are still enrolled in SFHS as a student.