Old Rochester Regional students who take college classes have not had those courses factored into their GPA, and the School Committee decided to leave it that way.

At February’s meeting, Principal Mike Devoll said the staff would be OK with ranking “dual enrollment” classes as honors level. The committee, however, asked for another option.

Arguments ranged from leaving the classes with no credit, which also means they do not count towards a student’s ranking, to giving Advanced Placement credit for them.

AP courses are full-year, college-level classes offered at the school that culminate in a national exam.

“We felt strongly it was not worthy of AP credit,” said Devoll. “After further discussion we feel like, if anything, there should be no credit.”

Committee member Nick Decas agreed.

“In my opinion, it should go this way and not put a GPA on something you don’t teach in the building,” he said.

Decas and Devoll said they didn’t want to discourage students from taking the courses.

The school will be adopting a new GPA scale that makes general level classes a 4.0. Honors classes will be weighted with a “bonus” half credit at 4.5. AP courses can carry a 5.0 weight.