High school Grades entered at last minute that impact 25-50% or more of grade for quarter

[Anonymous]

It shouldn't be that students have to keep checking gradebook up to the last minute to know how they did in a class. My highschooler has 3 classes where this is the case. In 2 classes it's because the assignments that could for the largest percent of the grade were given in the past few weeks so basically 50% of the class grade is undetermined. In once class the teacher is just really behind grading. (No, it's not English). Assignments from September-November are slowly being entered into gradebook.

Anyone else noticing this?

[Anonymous]

We tell you that we need people running and overseeing FCPS who care about the basic operations of the school system, and you keep voting for flaky equity warriors who pay scant attention to the day-to-day functioning of the system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We tell you that we need people running and overseeing FCPS who care about the basic operations of the school system, and you keep voting for flaky equity warriors who pay scant attention to the day-to-day functioning of the system.

Well, considering Youngkin wasn't even able to process teacher licensures in a timely way (never a problem before!) during a teacher shortage and also has been late with every education spending budget and data communication, I'm pretty sure 'the other side' has less to offer.
Teachers timing of assignments and grading is not the purview of the school board. And a quarter builds up--you can't really take the big unit test until you've finished the unit. As for a teacher not grading, the policy is they are supposed to update grades every 2 weeks, but given that there's a teacher shortage they're not going to fire someone who's not doing that.

[Anonymous]

Yes! My student's English gradebook has not been updated in SIS since 9/15!!! So frustrating. The only thing that makes this at all ok is that the teacher is also using rolling gradebook.

[Anonymous]

Is your child a senior? If not, the great part of the rolling gradebook is quarter grades don't matter.

[Anonymous]

It is SO annoying and my high schooler is also feeling this today. a teacher is now saying she didn't turn in an assignment from SEPTEMBER. my child claims she did. Now, her grade has dropped a full letter. I got irate about it and called her counselor. I believe my kid turned it in because she turns everything in but why is it today she is finding out about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your child a senior? If not, the great part of the rolling gradebook is quarter grades don't matter.

They aren't all using rolling gradebook and a lot of these assignments are from a few weeks ago or more. It's musical grades from day to day up until gradebook closes. If these assignments were only worth 10% of a grade that would be one thing, but when they most heavily weighted assignments are not graded until the last second, it's just ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

My 11th grader isn’t on a rolling grade book so quarter grades do matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your child a senior? If not, the great part of the rolling gradebook is quarter grades don't matter.

They aren't all using rolling gradebook and a lot of these assignments are from a few weeks ago or more. It's musical grades from day to day up until gradebook closes. If these assignments were only worth 10% of a grade that would be one thing, but when they most heavily weighted assignments are not graded until the last second, it's just ridiculous.

This.

[Anonymous]

We are in Arlington, but I have the same frustrations here. I can't know if my kid didn't turn the assignment in until it is graded and I either see the grade or it marked as missing.

[Anonymous]

Gradebook closed and my highschooler said still plenty of assignments not graded and this is for classes that don't have a ton of assignments. Major part of grade -Unknown. Didn't even know it would close at 4 or would have checked one last time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We tell you that we need people running and overseeing FCPS who care about the basic operations of the school system, and you keep voting for flaky equity warriors who pay scant attention to the day-to-day functioning of the system.

Nailed it. But don’t worry the grades will be equitable.

[Anonymous]

Teachers have 150 students to deal with & we really don't care anymore. Flame all you want.

[Anonymous]

My skeptical opinion ~ Teacher(s) haven't decided yet, how the grades for each individual student will align, to result in the desired/established/dictated overall class grade distribution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers have 150 students to deal with & we really don't care anymore. Flame all you want.

You’d have to be a lousy teacher and a crappy person as well to leave students and families in the dark as much as some incompetent FCPS teachers do now. It was not always like this.