Grading emerged as an issue at the Dec. 14 meeting of the Pinelands Regional Board of Education.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit students hard all across the country as kids had to adjust to virtual instruction in the spring of 2020 and, even after schools reopened, to frequent quarantines and other interruptions to their normal academic schedules and rhythms. To put it simply, there is great worry that students are falling behind.