Why are FCPS teachers giving finals and exams during AP week when school ends June 17

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Because high school graduation starts early and seniors need to have had all the material and tests. So if there are seniors in the class, the end date is actually June 3 for our school. We have a June 4 graduation. I don't really understand why FCPS starts graduations so far before the actual end of the school year. My sophomore has 3 classes with a good amount of seniors so I imagine they'll be doing just about nothing from June 4-17. Great.

FCPS starts graduation 2 weeks before the end date because even running 3 graduations per day, it takes 2 weeks to get through all the high schools.

That's 30 high schools, YIKES!
Those who graduate on June 4 & 5 have a HUGE advantage over those who don't hold graduation until June 15-17! They should all have graduations during the same week!

[Anonymous]

The teachers are given assessment windows that they must finish assessment by. If you haven’t figured it out yet, the last three weeks of the school year are a complete waste of time for everyone and they cost taxpayers millions of dollars.