Grading system changes up for vote at Danville High School

DANVILLE – Danville High School could try out two new grading procedures.

School board members will vote Wednesday on whether to pilot a 10-point grading scale and a four-point grade-point average format for the 2008-09 school year. It will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Jackson Building, 516 N. Jackson St., Danville.

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