The Rockingham County School Board is considering a proposal to change the grading scale for students.

The board is discussing a switch to the ten-point grading scale, which means an 'A' would be awarded for earning 90 points or more.

Many students work for high GPAs so they can get into the college of their choice. Rockingham County School Board Chair John Myers says they're considering this new scale to help their students.

"People think that we need to do it to kind of have a level playing field for our students to help them apply and get into colleges," says Myers.

He says some schools in the state are making the switch, and while it makes a larger margin for that "A," some see that as a disadvantage.

"Lots of people think our students are at a disadvantage not having it, because the scale lowers the standards just a little bit, which may be the negative ear from some people they think that you're lowering your standards. We're not going to do that, we're not going to lower our standards," says Myers.

Harrisonburg City Schools Assistant Superintendent Dr. Mike Loso says they're not looking to change their grading scale. They think colleges are educated about their grading system.

"We give all colleges a complete background on our grading scale, our honors courses, our AP courses. So when an institution looks at how we represent our students grades I think they have a pretty good idea of what goes into an A or a B or a C in Harrisonburg City Schools," says Loso.

University of Virginia Director of Admissions Greg Roberts says they do take grading scales into account.

"We already consider differences in grading scales in the course of the review of the application," says Roberts.

UVA says it sees tons of different grading scales, or even some schools without grades at all. So school officials say changing the grading scale won't make much difference for them.

The Rockingham County School Board will continue its discussion on the grade scale at its next meeting July 14.