Edgar makes grading changes for some college-level classes

By Casey Krautkramer

Edgar’s Board of Education finally put the dual credits grading controversy to rest last Wednesday by making a decision on the matter.

School district parent Corey Higgins attended the meeting to argue again that the school district’s grading system for college credit courses prevented two of his sons from achieving a 4.0 GPA (gradepoint average) during high school.

The school board made the following decision for high school courses that also offer college credits, starting in the 202425 school year: All dual credit courses will be graded at each quarter and each semester and these combined grades will count toward a student’s GPA. All Start College Now courses will be graded only at each semester and these semester-only grades will count toward a student’s GPA. All Early College Credit Program courses will be graded only at each semester and these semester-only grades will count toward a student’s GPA.

Other business

n The board approved layoffs for parttime elementary school paraprofessionals Sara Faber and Patty Kohel, so that the school district can afford to hire Faber as a new .6 FTE four-year-old kindergarten teacher.

n Board members accepted resignations from Shantel Brown, high school English Language Arts teacher, and Matt Apfelbeck, full-time custodian. The school board also accepted co-curricular resignations from Colin Hanson, sixth grade volleyball coach, and Kaden Goodwin, middle school baseball coach.

n The board approved Jessica Borchardt as a student teacher for this school year.

n Guden reported the school district’s second Friday student count had an enrollment of 592 kids. She said the school district has 72 open enrollment in students and 65 open enrollment out students.

n The time of the May school board meeting was changed to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, because the high school senior awards program is at 6 p.m. this day.