School work due on snow day (not virtual/asychronous)

[Anonymous]

My son’s school cancelled classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. With the first asynchronous day being Thursday. It’s ver clear work is assigned on asynchronous days.

However, a couple teachers made assignment due on Monday. One of them posted a message about it but by the time my son saw it, it was already late and the teacher is indicating she’s marking it late (10% off) per day it was “late” so each day the school was closed and classes were cancelled! Not just by the next held class. This doesn’t seem reasonable or fair. Nothing in the school’s policy addresses this and nothing in the communication from the school indicated students needed to be checking for assignments due while school was closed.

The other teacher just said it was due “next class”, and class was not held on Monday but it’s showing as not turned in /incomplete already.

None of the other teachers did this.

Should I talk to my son’s counselor? I’m very sure the first teacher won’t budge but this seems really ridiculous and punitive. By this measure, the teacher could make something due on a holiday or over break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son’s school cancelled classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. With the first asynchronous day being Thursday. It’s ver clear work is assigned on asynchronous days.

However, a couple teachers made assignment due on Monday. One of them posted a message about it but by the time my son saw it, it was already late and the teacher is indicating she’s marking it late (10% off) per day it was “late” so each day the school was closed and classes were cancelled! Not just by the next held class. This doesn’t seem reasonable or fair. Nothing in the school’s policy addresses this and nothing in the communication from the school indicated students needed to be checking for assignments due while school was closed.

The other teacher just said it was due “next class”, and class was not held on Monday but it’s showing as not turned in /incomplete already.

None of the other teachers did this.

Should I talk to my son’s counselor? I’m very sure the first teacher won’t budge but this seems really ridiculous and punitive. By this measure, the teacher could make something due on a holiday or over break.

No don’t talk to the counselor. You are paying to prepare your kid for college. Different teacher policies and self advocacy is part of what your child is being taught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son’s school cancelled classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. With the first asynchronous day being Thursday. It’s ver clear work is assigned on asynchronous days.

However, a couple teachers made assignment due on Monday. One of them posted a message about it but by the time my son saw it, it was already late and the teacher is indicating she’s marking it late (10% off) per day it was “late” so each day the school was closed and classes were cancelled! Not just by the next held class. This doesn’t seem reasonable or fair. Nothing in the school’s policy addresses this and nothing in the communication from the school indicated students needed to be checking for assignments due while school was closed.

The other teacher just said it was due “next class”, and class was not held on Monday but it’s showing as not turned in /incomplete already.

None of the other teachers did this.

Should I talk to my son’s counselor? I’m very sure the first teacher won’t budge but this seems really ridiculous and punitive. By this measure, the teacher could make something due on a holiday or over break.

Check your school’s handbook for its inclement weather policy. At our school, for example, AP courses can assign work on snow days to keep up with the courses’ tight schedules. This has been communicated to families and students. My daughter had AP work the past three days.

[Anonymous]

There is no other inclement weather policy other than they follow MCPS for closure. There was nothing communicated in advance to the families about this, nor in the announcements for the closure.

[Anonymous]

Have your son reach out. By high school, it shouldn’t be the parent communicating at first. Students need a chance to solve their own problems. When parents write me, I always CC the student in my responses for that reason.

I wonder if it was communicated to students via course websites, etc.

[Anonymous]

If you have a concern about the teacher, always start with the teacher. Do not go to the counselor.

[Anonymous]

What grade is your kid in?

My kid in in 8th in a private k-8. Only one teacher has assigned work and she emailed the parents to have our kids check Google Classroom for what it was.
I’d be really irked if her teachers did what yours are doing. I’d probably email the team lead or the VP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What grade is your kid in?

My kid in in 8th in a private k-8. Only one teacher has assigned work and she emailed the parents to have our kids check Google Classroom for what it was.
I’d be really irked if her teachers did what yours are doing. I’d probably email the team lead or the VP.

Again: have the STUDENT email the TEACHER. This is high school.

What do you think will happen when a parent emails a VP without communicating with the teacher first? At most schools, the VP is going to start with: “Has your child communicated with the teacher?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What grade is your kid in?

My kid in in 8th in a private k-8. Only one teacher has assigned work and she emailed the parents to have our kids check Google Classroom for what it was.
I’d be really irked if her teachers did what yours are doing. I’d probably email the team lead or the VP.

Again: have the STUDENT email the TEACHER. This is high school.

What do you think will happen when a parent emails a VP without communicating with the teacher first? At most schools, the VP is going to start with: “Has your child communicated with the teacher?”

Nothing in the OP says its high school, thats why I asked the grade.

[Anonymous]

Why didn't your kid just submit the assignment on time? What did snow have to do with computers?

[Anonymous]

If a kid had a long term project/paper due Monday, I can kind of understand why the teacher would expect the kid to turn it in. I'm not saying it's right, and the school should provide clarity, but it kind of makes sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What grade is your kid in?

My kid in in 8th in a private k-8. Only one teacher has assigned work and she emailed the parents to have our kids check Google Classroom for what it was.
I’d be really irked if her teachers did what yours are doing. I’d probably email the team lead or the VP.

Our school is similar to yours (school indicated when asynchronous work would resume and teachers cc'd parents about posted assignments) but I agree with PP that the student should make his case to the teacher first.
"Ms Smith, I had no reason to know there would be work assigned while school was closed; I think I should get full credit for turning in work on the first day of class" is a reasonable thing to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What grade is your kid in?

My kid in in 8th in a private k-8. Only one teacher has assigned work and she emailed the parents to have our kids check Google Classroom for what it was.
I’d be really irked if her teachers did what yours are doing. I’d probably email the team lead or the VP.

Our school is similar to yours (school indicated when asynchronous work would resume and teachers cc'd parents about posted assignments) but I agree with PP that the student should make his case to the teacher first.
"Ms Smith, I had no reason to know there would be work assigned while school was closed; I think I should get full credit for turning in work on the first day of class" is a reasonable thing to say.

No. That tone is unnecessarily combative. You can explain without attacking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why didn't your kid just submit the assignment on time? What did snow have to do with computers?

Not the OP, but in our case we were without power for a bit and without internet for a bit longer.

[Anonymous]

Was the assignment posted on Monday and due Monday? Because I agree that teachers shouldn't have posted new assignments on Monday if your school wasn't asynchronous. Or was it assigned or posted before Monday when students had a responsibility for checking and doing work?

I also have never seen a management program like Canvas or Schoology or whatever your students use that lets "next class" be set as a due date. In the systems I've used "next class" isn't on the drop down menu to choose. That might be what the teacher communicated verbally, but what was in writing?