Overview

• Superintendent Maria Su announced the fall rollout across 14 high schools and more than 10,000 students without a formal Board of Education vote.
• Semester grades will depend solely on a final exam that students can retake multiple times, and homework, attendance and participation will not factor into marks.
• Under the new scale, students can earn a C with just 41 percent and a D with 21 percent out of 100 on their finals.
• Su’s staff has told board members they lack authority to reject the plan, prompting internal governance disputes over transparency.
• Educators and parents warn that lower thresholds may weaken college readiness and mask underlying academic challenges rather than close learning gaps.