FCPS- Student Information System (SIS) vs Blackboard
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Anonymous
The letters were mailed August 10th. Don't know why mail separate letters for each parent living in the same householdr... |
Anonymous
| My youngest just graduated from high school in June. I'll be honest and say I would have had mixed feelings about parents having real-time access to all posted grades. It just seems like one more way to encourage helicopter parenting and to keep kids from exercising personal responsibility over their assignments and grades. I do realize it would be beneficial in some situations, and I hope parents find it useful. I'm just glad I won't have to deal with it. |
Anonymous
I have a 7th and a 9th grader and we used SIS for the first time last year (for the then 8th grader) and I thought it was great! I don't consider myself a helicopter parent, but I do tend to stay on top of my kids as far as making sure they are doing what they need to do. In any event, I feel like SIS actually allows me to back off a bit from that approach. I find myself just monitoring grades to make sure they are acceptable and not constantly asking what homework they have and harassing them about working on upcoming projects, etc. - it gives them more independence to work at their own pace and manage their work on their own. I can give them space and yet still feel comfortable that their grades are fine. |
Anonymous
| Ok, high school parent here who hasn't received the SIS information letter yet. Am I the only one? |
Anonymous
We never received ours either. |