I hate FCPS A minuses.

[Anonymous]

I hope OP’s kid is smarter than mom.

[Anonymous]

I don't and am happy A minuses were added. Most schools have an A minus grade and it starts at 90. They also have a b minus that starts at 80. Some schools have an A plus but I can understand why FCPS doesn't have this since they already have grade boosts for honors and AP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d consider it a bonus that the A- didn’t go into SIS as a B (3) which has been the case in some of DCs classes when they were using a 4.0 scale and teachers wouldn’t “round up”.

Kids have enough to worry about. Extra points for an A+ is unnecessary pressure.

OP here.

An A- in Fairfax County is 90-93%. And it is counted as 3.7 instead of a 4.0. So even if your kid gets legit As, they only get a 3.7 if they are at 92%.

It should be counted as a 4.0. I am not obsessing about the GPA- I don’t I think it’s unfair that a legitimate A (say 92%) gets punished, whileas all of the other grades get pluses.

Get rid of it completely. It’s unfair. Your kid has no idea that their GPA is not a 4.0 even though they are getting a solid 92% in all of their grades. That should be an A. The whole plus and minus thing is BS. Colleges don’t adjust because everywhere else there are A plusses. So we end up having kids with grade deflation.

Either give the option to get an A+ or get rid of the minuses and the pluses. Or use a % number instead.

And yes: you would be obsessed if your straight A student has a 3.7 GPA. It’s bs.

I've taught in several states and never ever have I seen an A+ on the grading scale.

Would you chill. Seriously.