Getting a grade taken off the transcript

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why middle schools need to stop pushing the kids to start taking a language. It can screw up your GPA and there is nothing you can do. I personally don't think languages should be started until 8th grade or do 1A in 7th grade and 1B in 8th because you can still make it to the 5th level of the language if you go until your senior year, and colleges only want a minimum of 2 and competitive colleges could ask for up to 4.

EMPHATICALLY NOT. You're looking at it from a grade perspective, not from the intended purpose of learning a language, which is... learning a language!

Brains are more able to take in a language when they are young, the younger, the better. Language classes need to start in ELEMENTARY, and never count as anything other than the grade level they are taken in.
Other countries start their language classes earlier than we do. We need to understand that we're not going to be the world's superpower for much longer, and that our kids need to learn languages at an earlier age without added pressure.

There is no rhyme nor reason to this "high school course" concept. Courses taken in middle school should be middle school courses, however advanced. Courses taken in high school should be high school courses. End of story.

The new regulation changes allows students to take foreign language in middle school - the grades go on their transcript only if they want to. If they do not want it, the grades do not show up on the transcript. Plus they can retake the same classes in high school. I think many students should start taking HS credit classes in middle school now because they have nothing to lose. For some students taking the same course in middle school and high school may make them understand the material better.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikcra.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why middle schools need to stop pushing the kids to start taking a language. It can screw up your GPA and there is nothing you can do. I personally don't think languages should be started until 8th grade or do 1A in 7th grade and 1B in 8th because you can still make it to the 5th level of the language if you go until your senior year, and colleges only want a minimum of 2 and competitive colleges could ask for up to 4.

EMPHATICALLY NOT. You're looking at it from a grade perspective, not from the intended purpose of learning a language, which is... learning a language!

Brains are more able to take in a language when they are young, the younger, the better. Language classes need to start in ELEMENTARY, and never count as anything other than the grade level they are taken in.
Other countries start their language classes earlier than we do. We need to understand that we're not going to be the world's superpower for much longer, and that our kids need to learn languages at an earlier age without added pressure.

There is no rhyme nor reason to this "high school course" concept. Courses taken in middle school should be middle school courses, however advanced. Courses taken in high school should be high school courses. End of story.

That is so not true, you must not have a high school student. Obviously it should be about learning but the fact that the grades are placed on your college transcripts screw the kids because they can't enjoy learning a language in middle school without the stress of the grades impacting them and their GPA until they apply to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
That is so not true, you must not have a high school student. Obviously it should be about learning but the fact that the grades are placed on your college transcripts screw the kids because they can't enjoy learning a language in middle school without the stress of the grades impacting them and their GPA until they apply to college.

No longer so. The new policy is that HS grades earned in MS, will not be on the transcripts unless parents and students want it to be. This way a bad grade in middle school does not impact the GPA.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikcra.pdf

[Anonymous]

GPA and WGPA Computations

1. In order to receive credit for high school courses completed while in middle school, middle school students must meet the same requirements as high school students and earn a final grade of A, B, C, or D.

a) For students who entered Grade 6 prior to the 2018-2019 school year, the final grade and credit for high school courses successfully completed in middle school are reported on the high school transcript and included in the calculation of the student’s cumulative GPA.


b) For students who enter Grade 6 during or after the 2018-2019 school year, the final grade and credit earned for high school courses successfully completed while in middle school will be reported on the high school transcript, but will not be calculated into the cumulative GPA unless requested by the parent/guardian or the student if 18 years old or married (eligible student). Students/parents/guardians will be notified annually of procedures to follow in order to include such courses in their cumulative GPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GPA and WGPA Computations

1. In order to receive credit for high school courses completed while in middle school, middle school students must meet the same requirements as high school students and earn a final grade of A, B, C, or D.

a) For students who entered Grade 6 prior to the 2018-2019 school year, the final grade and credit for high school courses successfully completed in middle school are reported on the high school transcript and included in the calculation of the student’s cumulative GPA.


b) For students who enter Grade 6 during or after the 2018-2019 school year, the final grade and credit earned for high school courses successfully completed while in middle school will be reported on the high school transcript, but will not be calculated into the cumulative GPA unless requested by the parent/guardian or the student if 18 years old or married (eligible student). Students/parents/guardians will be notified annually of procedures to follow in order to include such courses in their cumulative GPA.

Given that OP's kid is in high school, the former applies which really is a shame

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD would have a 4.0 unweight on all high school level courses if it weren't for a B received in French 1B in 6th grade. She switched to Spanish the next year and hasn't been anywhere near French or that grade since she was 11. Is there a way for that grade to be removed from the transcript? It really is a shame for something like that to be messing up her gpa.

uh oh

time for community college


really, OP? Let her deal with this now. If you scrub her life of all challenges, she'll never become resilient.

[Anonymous]

Why doe it only apply to kids entering 6th grade now.

[Anonymous]

Couldn't she retake the class? If sh retakes the class and gets an A, the B would be replaced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there is a way to get it removed.

MCPS has changed the rules so that the HS grades earned in MS is not automatically on the transcript and can be removed. I think it will be implemented beginning of next year.

You should appeal to the superintendent. http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikcra.pdf

The new rule is so much better! Thanks for posting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why middle schools need to stop pushing the kids to start taking a language. It can screw up your GPA and there is nothing you can do. I personally don't think languages should be started until 8th grade or do 1A in 7th grade and 1B in 8th because you can still make it to the 5th level of the language if you go until your senior year, and colleges only want a minimum of 2 and competitive colleges could ask for up to 4.

Unless you actually want your kid to learn a foreign language, in which case starting earlier makes sense. But by all means, teach your child that grades rather than actual learning are what matters.

[Anonymous]

The bigger issue is plenty of middle schools do not consider the first years of Spanish to be a HS level class. That is why there is so much confusion for college. People say my kid has already taken 4 years in grade 9..but in a different school system, middle school years do not count and the transcript only shows 1 year for the same material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
That is so not true, you must not have a high school student. Obviously it should be about learning but the fact that the grades are placed on your college transcripts screw the kids because they can't enjoy learning a language in middle school without the stress of the grades impacting them and their GPA until they apply to college.

No longer so. The new policy is that HS grades earned in MS, will not be on the transcripts unless parents and students want it to be. This way a bad grade in middle school does not impact the GPA.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/ikcra.pdf

It looks like they DO appear on your transcript but don’t get factored into your GPA unless you want them to be. But I don’t see a way for the grade not to be reported (unless you retake it).

“b) For students who enter Grade 6 during or after the 2018-2019 school year, the final grade and credit earned for high school courses successfully completed while in middle school will be reported on the high school transcript, but will not be calculated into the cumulative GPA unless requested by the parent/guardian or the student if 18 years old or married (eligible student). Students/parents/guardians will be notified annually of procedures to follow in order to include such courses in their cumulative GPA.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DD would have a 4.0 unweight on all high school level courses if it weren't for a B received in French 1B in 6th grade. She switched to Spanish the next year and hasn't been anywhere near French or that grade since she was 11. Is there a way for that grade to be removed from the transcript? It really is a shame for something like that to be messing up her gpa.

So what is her GPA with the B? 3.9?

[Anonymous]

Don't worry too much, OP.
Colleges will recalculate GPAs based on their standards. Most will not count courses taken prior to 9th grade in their calculation.

[Anonymous]

Don't worry about it. It's one grade. If you're really concerned, you could add a note to the applications specifying that your daughter took that class in MS.