GRADING AND POWERSCHOOL. The Board of Education has and reserves the right to determine the grading scales and standards for students. A teacher is responsible for assessing the performance of students and assigning a grade appropriate to that performance. No final grade will be changed or modified without prior consultation with the classroom teacher, provided the teacher is then employed by the Board of Education. Notice of student progress in the form of a report card shall be given to parents at the end of each grading period. A parent may receive from a teacher, upon request, a student progress report. Parents, staff, and students have come to rely on having up-to-date information. Because we believe that parental involvement and teacher support have a great impact on a student's success, staff members are expected to maintain, update and enter information into PowerSchool on a regular basis. PowerSchool is used to enhance communication in our District by complementing other means of parent- teacher communication such as email, telephone calls and by providing basic information for meaningful parental conferences. Teachers, students, and parents must proactively work together and communicate any concern or problem as soon as possible. Assignments and/or grades should be updated weekly. Daily work and quizzes should be posted weekly. Papers and projects requiring additional time for grading should include a comment indicating timeline on grade reporting i.e. within three (3) weeks or two (2) weeks.
