Referral to Admin for cheating

[Anonymous]

The following is the MCPS disciplinary action from the website.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/middle-schools/a-f/easternms/uploadedfiles/parents/student20behavior20infractions20and20consequences.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:During the last exam in one of DD's classes, she reached for her phone to answer one of my texts. The teacher told her that she would receive a zero for the test. We fully acknowledge that she should not have used the phone. However, when she sent an email to explain the situation to the teacher, he said that the time line did not add up. He had made a referral to the admin 10 minutes prior to my text. DD is insisting that she did not use the phone until she saw my text. Does anyone know what the " admin referral" is and how it is done in MCPS? Is there an electronic time stamp like an email?

Would really appreciate any insight that you may have.



 

appeal and make the teacher allow her to retake the test. Involve lawyer if needed

This is the worst advice. Good grief, get a grip

I’ve unfortunately had to deal with parents like that.
-teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop texting your kid when she's at school. If something is so urgent, go to the school to get her or call the school so they can get her. If it doesn't rise to that level it can wait until the end of the day.

x 100

[Anonymous]

Yeah, this is over, OP. No excuse for phone during an exam. Consequences teach lessons. And rule-breaking during an exam is way more serious in college (can lead to automatic F for the course itself, never mind the actual test). Better she should learn now.

[Anonymous]

I agree with everyone else. Now is a time to let your DD experience the severe consequences of a bad choice while still young and protected enough for it to only be a zero on a test. She'll learn a a great life lesson. Let her.

[Anonymous]

Options:
1. Don’t text your kid during class time.
2. Really don’t text your kid during an exam!
3. Maybe the kid was texting someone else but is trying to say it was you in order to claim some sort of BS “emergency”.
4. Kid was actually cheating.

[Anonymous]

100% your kid is lying to you. Referrals are timestamped so they were on their phone before that, and teacher told them to put it away and gave the referral then. Then, you texted ten minutes later and kid is trying to use that to sneak out of it and hope nobody notices.

[Anonymous]

Parents like OP are seriously horrible.

Training their children that the rules don’t apply to them and that mommy will swoop in remove any obstacles in life so they don’t face consequences for their behaviors.

And then they wonder why their children are entitled brats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:During the last exam in one of DD's classes, she reached for her phone to answer one of my texts. The teacher told her that she would receive a zero for the test. We fully acknowledge that she should not have used the phone. However, when she sent an email to explain the situation to the teacher, he said that the time line did not add up. He had made a referral to the admin 10 minutes prior to my text. DD is insisting that she did not use the phone until she saw my text. Does anyone know what the " admin referral" is and how it is done in MCPS? Is there an electronic time stamp like an email?

Would really appreciate any insight that you may have.



 

Nothing to see here, your DD is in the wrong. Time to learn actions have consequences.

+100. OP thinking otherwise is exactly part of the reason teachers hate the profession and are sick of parents.

[Anonymous]

Ugh I hate people like OP. They raise such entitled brats who have zero thoughts for anyone but themselves. Not that OP cares because only her kid matters. It works out for some kids. For others, that leads to a difficult life. Hopefully hers is one that thrives from being an entitled jerk.

[Anonymous]

Two wrongs won't make it right!
Do the right and make less wrong😔

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe you think the teacher is in the wrong here. Good for the teacher for enforcing consequences. Your kid probably cheated. Even if she didn’t, she should not have had her phone out in class, let along during a test. This is a good lesson for her.

Kudos to the teacher for resisting your pressure.

[Anonymous]

Another teacher who constantly hears "I was just checking the time" "It was a family emergency"

[Anonymous]

The real question us why your daughter can't follow basic, clear instructions. Does she think rules don't apply to her? Does she have adhd?

[Anonymous]

Youre lucky she is learning this lesson now. When she's in college this lesson would have cost a course worth of tuition