Carlsbad Unified School District

There are fewer “A” grades and more “F”s after the first grading period for middle and high school students in the Carlsbad Unified School District. According to the district, after the first grading period, the percentage of “A” grades is down nearly 5 percentage points while the percentage of “F” grades is up by nearly 7 percentage points, which is…

parent told NBC 7’s Rory Devine she’s not surprised by a drop in her children’s grades.

A proposal to reopen in-person learning at middle and high schools after the Thanksgiving break was shot down by the Carlsbad Unified School District board Wednesday. The district board ended up voting in favor of keeping its original plan to reopen secondary schools in January, but not before hearing strong opinions from both sides of the debate. Dueling demonstrations took…

NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports from Carlsbad where dueling demonstrations led up to the district board’s vote.

With schools closed during the pandemic, school districts are grappling with the question of how to fairly grade students during distance learning.  The Carlsbad Unified School District (CUSD) will give high school students a choice. They can either choose to take credit/no credit, as was first proposed, or they can take the grades they had when schools closed and...

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