ERCSD Curriculum and Philosophy Committee Minutes

  September 20, 2005 – 7:00 PM

SAU 16 Office

 

Present:           Sally Oxnard, Roy Morrissette, Lucy Cushman, Kim Casey, Dr Hanson, Victor Sokul, Peter Stackhouse.

 

Call to order 7:05 PM

 

1)      Weighted Grades at EHS - A parent has written to the board expressing her dismay that weighted grades are not used to calculate the class rank for the top ten students at EHS. Discussion focused on the fact that weighted grades were established in the 90’s to be used only for college applications, to designate that some students were taking more academically rigorous courses. They have never been used for calculating the top ten. In fact many, colleges now specifically look for UNweighted GPA and class rank, or recalculate them if they get weighted grades.  Transfer students present a challenge as we do not know if the classes in their previous schools were honors or not, etc.  The committee did not feel that this is the time for the board to pursue further discussion of the topic as the HS reorganization committee is just getting going and might be a better place for this discussion.

2)      NEASC letter- Reviewed letter and we are on target for all of the goals.  Next year we will start the process of self study for the NEXT visit.  The wording on academic, civic, and social expectations will come out of the new mission statement for the new HS.

3)      Curriculum and Philosophy Goals- Draft action plans reviewed and approved as distributed by Dr Hanson (see attachment).

 

Adjourned 8:30 PM

 

Respectfully

Sarah C. Oxnard  MD