assignments up to two weeks overdue ok without penalty?

Anonymous wrote:I'm a new MCPS parent and my middle schooler is insisting that assignments can be up to 2 weeks overdue without penalty. Kid said that because of the rule, he could spend longer on the writing assignment than his classmates who just turned in 2 paragraphs. I want my kid to learn to adhere to deadlines, so is that really the case? If so, how can a teacher compare an assignment he spent 2 weeks on, with one that his classmates did where they spent much less time.

Most of the time, at least in my experience, there's a penalty, but a lot of these things are at the teachers discretion. I guess if the student had an unexcused absence they'd make some exceptions though.