School’s out for the summer, but there’s still grading happening. And this time, it’s schools themselves making the grade.
Alachua County Public Schools announced this week it maintained its district-wide B grade, despite changes from the state that made it more difficult to earn a high grade. According to a district news release, the new grading scale moved the threshold for an A or a B grade higher. That makes it harder to achieve a high grade, the district said.
State law requires the Florida Department of Education to move the needle when at least 75% of schools in a grade-level category earn A or B grades…