Santa Barbara School Board Says Teachers Will Be Given a Voice on Grade-Change Policy
District officials propose eliminating Ds and Fs for secondary students to address student inequities that have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
Hilda Maldonado, Santa Barbara Unified School District superintendent, says she is looking forward to working with teachers to craft a change to grading that would eliminate Ds and Fs. (Joshua Molina / Noozhawk photo) By Joshua Molina, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @JECMolina
January 5, 2021
| 9:56 p.m. Most teachers I know, they are already adjusting their practices, they are encouraging revision, they are stretching deadlines, they are providing extra tutoring and they are focusing on competency-based grading, board president Kate Ford said. I think changing board policy only acknowledged these changes, and gave them strength, and maybe provide a way forward.