{"content":[{"text":"April 27, 2020","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.108745,"width":0.111184,"height":0.015573000000000004}},{"text":"Dear Students and Families,","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.140708,"width":0.22674,"height":0.015573000000000004}},{"text":"The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) released guidance on how grading will \n take place until June 19. Since this guidance was issued, district administrators have been \n working on our district grading plan to share with staff, students and families.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.172684,"width":0.761325,"height":0.04738300000000001}},{"text":"As we considered OSPI’s guidelines, we did so understanding that the home situations for our \n students during this time vary widely. We know that despite our best efforts, not all students are \n able to work at home digitally, many students are responsible for caring for siblings and others \n are just trying to get by. These inequities were at the forefront of our decisions as we developed \n our grading plan for the remainder of the year.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.237987,"width":0.7593209999999999,"height":0.07934599999999997}},{"text":"Grading Rules from OSPI \n Below are OSPI’s rules and guidance for Washington State schools regarding grading for the \n current semester given our closure through June 19. The key points are: \n • Do no harm. \n • Every student will get an opportunity to improve their grade using their March 17 status \n as a baseline. \n • No student will receive a “pass,” “fail,” or “no credit” grade for any course. \n • Teachers will assign grades or assign an “incomplete” for students who cannot engage \n in an equitable way. \n • Every class taken during the closure period will be given a statewide designator on the \n high school transcript to denote the unique environment in which the course was taken. \n • Students assigned an “incomplete” for a course will be given opportunities to re-engage \n in the learning standards based on local school district decisions in consultation with the \n student/parents/guardians. \n • All students will be given an opportunity to engage in continuous learning to maintain or \n improve their mastery of essential standards.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.33526,"width":0.7573529999999999,"height":0.25511399999999995}},{"text":"OSPI Guidelines and our Schools \n Second semester/third trimester students in grades 9-12, and 7th and 8th grade students in \n credit-bearing courses, will earn “A” or “B” letter grades or Incompletes. Pass or C/D/F grades \n will not be issued for credit bearing courses. It is important to note that in alignment with OSPI’s \n new guidance, especially to “do no harm,” students will not earn grades lower than the grade \n they had on March 13, the final calendar day we were in session before officially closing school \n for in-person learning on March 16.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.608139,"width":0.757376,"height":0.11146400000000001}},{"text":"In our interpretation of \"do no harm,” we recognize that this part of the 2020 school year is a \n small part of the overall experience our students will have in their Kindergarten through 12th \n grade time with us and, except for our seniors, our students will be given opportunities in PSD to \n fill learning gaps in subsequent years. Thus, we feel it is inappropriate to add any stress to the \n student experience during this crisis.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.737381,"width":0.7643949999999999,"height":0.07951200000000003}},{"text":"The content covered at all grade levels April 20-June 19 is referred to as Essential New \n Learnings (ENLs).","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.834654,"width":0.7004889999999999,"height":0.031630999999999965}},{"text":"For Students in Grades PreK-5:","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.884048,"width":0.267955,"height":0.015572999999999948}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}