AP LIT with 4.0 GPA

[Anonymous]

Can Sherwood High School really failed a student who does very on test has over 4.0 GPA, but has 20 tardy to 1st period this semester? AP Lit student who like very senior goes to school late, but they want to fail her.. Want DR note for absences because they don't think she "sick."
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[Anonymous]

Uh, probably? 20 tardies is a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Uh, probably? 20 tardies is a lot.

20 tardies *this semester*? The one that started on January 30? That means she was late almost every day of the first marking period of the semester. That’s obviously unacceptable. Her overall GPA is irrelevant here, as is the level of the class.

You say “they don’t believe she was sick.” Did you send in an excuse for her every day saying she was sick, or did she just show up late and get marked unexcused?

And no, not every senior skips school on a regular basis, no matter how much they want to. But I’d guess the school is threatening her at this stage of the semester to make a point, to scare her into realizing she’s on a slippery slope.

She should ask what she needs to do to salvage her grade, then do that—and more.

[Anonymous]

You need to talk to the teacher and work something out and be very apologetic. It's just her waking up late or is there a transportation issue that's not in her control?

[Anonymous]

not every senior is late to first period. what's making it happen?

(queue petition for later high school start time!)

[Anonymous]

Have you had a conference? Have you agreed to a plan to get her there every day on time moving forward?

[Anonymous]

Yes. Attendance is part of HS. This is not college yet we’re attendance is desired but may not be required for every class. Every senior is certainly not showing up late most days. Why do you believe it’s acceptable for your child to keep showing up late and disrupting the class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Can Sherwood High School really failed a student who does very on test has over 4.0 GPA, but has 20 tardy to 1st period this semester? AP Lit student who like very senior goes to school late, but they want to fail her.. Want DR note for absences because they don't think she "sick."
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No. That was old regulation.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikara.pdf
The revised grading and reporting regulation removed all connection between attendance and grades. Students are allowed to make up missed work regardless of the reason for the absence.

[Anonymous]

I do not think they will fail her but I would come up with some plan to get her to school on time for the rest of the year. Regardless of the school it would not be acceptable to me as a parent...unless she is actually sick. In that case get the Drs note.

[Anonymous]

OP, you are the problem. Why aren't you concerned about your daughter being late so often? Your justification that "every senior" is late tells me you're not looking at the situation with the right lens.

[Anonymous]

You sound like my 10th grade son who has chronic tardiness problems but says everybody is late. He was routinely 5 minutes late once a week. I told him he’d lose credit in the class but at our MCPS HS there appears to be no consequence except getting on the teachers bad side. I wish they’d give detention. I have never written an excuse for a tardy that wasn’t valid. So DH or I now wake him and I work with him on speeding up the morning routine. Why not wake your daughter earlier and communicate that by being late she is sending the wrong message to her teacher? Do not intervene in any school consequences.

[Anonymous]

You might want to let her know that in college many professors are allowed to make their own rules about this. At my school I know instructors who equate a certain number of tardies with absence, and a certain number of absences with a grade of F. What if she's repeatedly tardy to a lab course with safety concerns, or a team meeting in business school, or an internship? Being a senior means double that she's got to grow up. She wants to be treated like an adult, she has to act like one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Can Sherwood High School really failed a student who does very on test has over 4.0 GPA, but has 20 tardy to 1st period this semester? AP Lit student who like very senior goes to school late, but they want to fail her.. Want DR note for absences because they don't think she "sick."
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Yes and they should.
It is called personal responsibility.
Your kid is not special why should they get special treatment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Can Sherwood High School really failed a student who does very on test has over 4.0 GPA, but has 20 tardy to 1st period this semester? AP Lit student who like very senior goes to school late, but they want to fail her.. Want DR note for absences because they don't think she "sick."
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If your child is sick 20 times per semester in a semester that is under 45 days so far, you need to get an IEP or 405 for the medical condition. Maybe your child needs to officially not have a 1st period class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Can Sherwood High School really failed a student who does very on test has over 4.0 GPA, but has 20 tardy to 1st period this semester? AP Lit student who like very senior goes to school late, but they want to fail her.. Want DR note for absences because they don't think she "sick."
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No. That was old regulation.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikara.pdf
The revised grading and reporting regulation removed all connection between attendance and grades. Students are allowed to make up missed work regardless of the reason for the absence.

They need to make up the *time*, not just the work. The opportunity to make up time, as in detention, must be provided.