Question about Monday May 2nd

[Anonymous]

They can’t have NO makeup opportunity for kids who are sick, rt? Surely there will be an option?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They can’t have NO makeup opportunity for kids who are sick, rt? Surely there will be an option?

College Board offers only those two dates for that particular test.

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Anonymous wrote:Full day off unless your kid has an AP test scheduled that day (mine does, and was told to come to school to take it).

At our HS, the AP gov test was moved from May 2 to later in May. Though I wonder when the makeups will take place?

No makeups if you take it on the later date. That IS the official AP makeup date

That’s insane. Our hs has hundreds of kids sitting for this exam.What if they’re sick? They’ve studied all year for it. If that’s the policy, they should have arranged for the test to go as planned on May 2.

We were told that nobody would be available to open and staff the school in order for kids to sit the test. Guess you can’t require someone to work on a day off. They also mentioned the issue of transportation, because some kids might not have a way to get to the test if buses aren’t running that day.

They did say if you had some reason you wouldn’t be able to take it on the makeup day, they would arrange for you to take it on the 2nd with the rest of the country. But I’m not sure what those arrangements would be (send you to a site in another school system?), or whether “I might be sick on the makeup date” would be considered a valid reason.

Which school? It’s a teacher work day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Full day off unless your kid has an AP test scheduled that day (mine does, and was told to come to school to take it).

At our HS, the AP gov test was moved from May 2 to later in May. Though I wonder when the makeups will take place?

No makeups if you take it on the later date. That IS the official AP makeup date

That’s insane. Our hs has hundreds of kids sitting for this exam.What if they’re sick? They’ve studied all year for it. If that’s the policy, they should have arranged for the test to go as planned on May 2.

We were told that nobody would be available to open and staff the school in order for kids to sit the test. Guess you can’t require someone to work on a day off. They also mentioned the issue of transportation, because some kids might not have a way to get to the test if buses aren’t running that day.

They did say if you had some reason you wouldn’t be able to take it on the makeup day, they would arrange for you to take it on the 2nd with the rest of the country. But I’m not sure what those arrangements would be (send you to a site in another school system?), or whether “I might be sick on the makeup date” would be considered a valid reason.

That’s crazy. Just another example of how MCPS ignores what is best for its students.

What do you want the county to do? It is a major religious holiday

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Full day off unless your kid has an AP test scheduled that day (mine does, and was told to come to school to take it).

At our HS, the AP gov test was moved from May 2 to later in May. Though I wonder when the makeups will take place?

No makeups if you take it on the later date. That IS the official AP makeup date

That’s insane. Our hs has hundreds of kids sitting for this exam.What if they’re sick? They’ve studied all year for it. If that’s the policy, they should have arranged for the test to go as planned on May 2.

We were told that nobody would be available to open and staff the school in order for kids to sit the test. Guess you can’t require someone to work on a day off. They also mentioned the issue of transportation, because some kids might not have a way to get to the test if buses aren’t running that day.

They did say if you had some reason you wouldn’t be able to take it on the makeup day, they would arrange for you to take it on the 2nd with the rest of the country. But I’m not sure what those arrangements would be (send you to a site in another school system?), or whether “I might be sick on the makeup date” would be considered a valid reason.

Which school? It’s a teacher work day.

Churchill mentioned above; Springbrook; RM

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Anonymous wrote:Full day off unless your kid has an AP test scheduled that day (mine does, and was told to come to school to take it).

At our HS, the AP gov test was moved from May 2 to later in May. Though I wonder when the makeups will take place?

No makeups if you take it on the later date. That IS the official AP makeup date

That’s insane. Our hs has hundreds of kids sitting for this exam.What if they’re sick? They’ve studied all year for it. If that’s the policy, they should have arranged for the test to go as planned on May 2.

We were told that nobody would be available to open and staff the school in order for kids to sit the test. Guess you can’t require someone to work on a day off. They also mentioned the issue of transportation, because some kids might not have a way to get to the test if buses aren’t running that day.

They did say if you had some reason you wouldn’t be able to take it on the makeup day, they would arrange for you to take it on the 2nd with the rest of the country. But I’m not sure what those arrangements would be (send you to a site in another school system?), or whether “I might be sick on the makeup date” would be considered a valid reason.

Which school? It’s a teacher work day.

Churchill mentioned above; Springbrook; RM

Someone said Churchill will be on May 2. Same for other two named? WJ is May 20.

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Anonymous wrote:Full day off unless your kid has an AP test scheduled that day (mine does, and was told to come to school to take it).

Which school is opening?

RM is doing AP Gov on May 2 and the other May 2 exam.... AP Chem maybe??? I didn't pay that much attention.

I was surprised. I thought for sure I read that the 2 AP exams would ONLY be held on the make-up date.

[Anonymous]

Blair HS is also giving AP Exams on May 2. My son is at a HS not giving exams on May 2, but we arranged with the test advisor to be at school to take the exam on May 2 due to a conflict on the May 20 make-up date. I believe PP is correct that students who take those exams on the make-up date then have no additional make-up date. Very few students by % celebrate EID. It was short-sighted on the part of MCPS to cancel May 2 exams for those not celebrating. It was also short-sighted to have individual high schools make their own decisions about testing because the inconsistency is very confusing.

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Anonymous wrote:Full day off unless your kid has an AP test scheduled that day (mine does, and was told to come to school to take it).

At our HS, the AP gov test was moved from May 2 to later in May. Though I wonder when the makeups will take place?

No makeups if you take it on the later date. That IS the official AP makeup date

That’s insane. Our hs has hundreds of kids sitting for this exam.What if they’re sick? They’ve studied all year for it. If that’s the policy, they should have arranged for the test to go as planned on May 2.

We were told that nobody would be available to open and staff the school in order for kids to sit the test. Guess you can’t require someone to work on a day off. They also mentioned the issue of transportation, because some kids might not have a way to get to the test if buses aren’t running that day.

They did say if you had some reason you wouldn’t be able to take it on the makeup day, they would arrange for you to take it on the 2nd with the rest of the country. But I’m not sure what those arrangements would be (send you to a site in another school system?), or whether “I might be sick on the makeup date” would be considered a valid reason.

Which school? It’s a teacher work day.

Churchill mentioned above; Springbrook; RM

Someone said Churchill will be on May 2. Same for other two named? WJ is May 20.

Einstein is May 20.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair HS is also giving AP Exams on May 2. My son is at a HS not giving exams on May 2, but we arranged with the test advisor to be at school to take the exam on May 2 due to a conflict on the May 20 make-up date. I believe PP is correct that students who take those exams on the make-up date then have no additional make-up date. Very few students by % celebrate EID. It was short-sighted on the part of MCPS to cancel May 2 exams for those not celebrating. It was also short-sighted to have individual high schools make their own decisions about testing because the inconsistency is very confusing.

I don't know how decisions on May 2 AP testing are being made. Is it by local high schools? Is it by central office? It's unfortunate that a better communication approach hasn't been coordinated.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair HS is also giving AP Exams on May 2. My son is at a HS not giving exams on May 2, but we arranged with the test advisor to be at school to take the exam on May 2 due to a conflict on the May 20 make-up date. I believe PP is correct that students who take those exams on the make-up date then have no additional make-up date. Very few students by % celebrate EID. It was short-sighted on the part of MCPS to cancel May 2 exams for those not celebrating. It was also short-sighted to have individual high schools make their own decisions about testing because the inconsistency is very confusing.

I don't know how decisions on May 2 AP testing are being made. Is it by local high schools? Is it by central office? It's unfortunate that a better communication approach hasn't been coordinated.

It's by local high schools. Depends on staffing to proctor the exams.

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Anonymous wrote:Blair HS is also giving AP Exams on May 2. My son is at a HS not giving exams on May 2, but we arranged with the test advisor to be at school to take the exam on May 2 due to a conflict on the May 20 make-up date. I believe PP is correct that students who take those exams on the make-up date then have no additional make-up date. Very few students by % celebrate EID. It was short-sighted on the part of MCPS to cancel May 2 exams for those not celebrating. It was also short-sighted to have individual high schools make their own decisions about testing because the inconsistency is very confusing.

The county is about 1.2% Muslim as a whole. I am not sure whether that carries to the student population as well. I agree that this was bungled up though, as there should be consistency. Having the professional day makes sense, but then the College Board should not have scheduled that date for an exam. It's their fault that causes confusion.

[Anonymous]

The college board messed up big time by holding any AP exams on Eid.

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Anonymous wrote:The college board messed up big time by holding any AP exams on Eid.

This isn't a new phenomenon. In the past MCPS and other school systems have asked the College Board to reschedule around Eid but they have responded negatively, pointing to the availability of the alternate test dates.

[Anonymous]

Is it only our HS (Churchill) that has been advertising for AP test proctors? We've been receiving advertisements since January-- they will pay the sub rate for people to proctor the tests (I think all dates, not just May2). I assume the idea is to avoid taking teachers out of the classrooms (for their non-AP teaching) those dates.