Report card grades change after "final" is sent home? (Hardy MS)

[Anonymous]

I thought I was seeing things and went back and checked - DC's grades on the report mailed home after the 2nd term were lackluster (several B-minuses, a C). DC is capable of much more so we enacted some rules around homework and studying for tests.

When we got the 3rd term grades (which were even more disappointing!) I noticed that those 2nd term grades had actually gone up, and I went back and compared them to the paper copy I had saved. A couple of the grades had indeed gone up, and this was also true of DC's 1st term grades - the paper copy mailed home had lower grades than were reflected in the most recent mailing.

So what is going on? Are teachers being slow to input all the work and assignments? I was super-frustrated with some interim reports that showed low marks and DC said the teacher was behind in entering all the assignments into Aspen. When I logged into the system myself I discovered that some classes had almost no assignments updated with only a few weeks left to go in the term.

How are parents supposed to know what their students' grades are if they seem to be a moving target? Does this happen at other schools in the city? I know teachers have a lot to do, but grading assignments and entering grades into the system should be pretty high on the list IMO.

[Anonymous]

Talk to the principal OP. This is something she should know about and look into -- both teachers not using the system consistently and the variances you see.

[Anonymous]

Have you asked the teachers about this?

Go to the teachers before the principal.

[Anonymous]

I don't know about Hardy, but this sort of thing is a big problem at Wilson, too. Drives me crazy.

[Anonymous]

yes, at this stage in the year, you can ask the teachers, BUT, if this is a school-wide problem the principal needs to step in and clearly articulate expectations with his/her staff about how the online grading and assignment system is to be used. If it's presented as an optional thing by the principal then it quickly becomes problematic when one teacher is great about using it and another is awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:yes, at this stage in the year, you can ask the teachers, BUT, if this is a school-wide problem the principal needs to step in and clearly articulate expectations with his/her staff about how the online grading and assignment system is to be used. If it's presented as an optional thing by the principal then it quickly becomes problematic when one teacher is great about using it and another is awful.

As a teacher, if a parent had an issue, I'd be annoyed they went to the principal first and not to me. Even if I was in the wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:yes, at this stage in the year, you can ask the teachers, BUT, if this is a school-wide problem the principal needs to step in and clearly articulate expectations with his/her staff about how the online grading and assignment system is to be used. If it's presented as an optional thing by the principal then it quickly becomes problematic when one teacher is great about using it and another is awful.

As a teacher, if a parent had an issue, I'd be annoyed they went to the principal first and not to me. Even if I was in the wrong.

It's all situational. If you are generally considered to be a good, reasonable and approachable teacher, then sure. Talk to you first. If it's clear that you consistently fail to do what is expected or promised, or you try to cover up and are constantly angling to deflect and do damage control, or you're hostile and evasive to parent inquiries then heading to the administrative office might be the correct move. My children have had all types of teachers.

[Anonymous]

Did you kid hack the system?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you kid hack the system?

Bueller? . . . Bueller?