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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have him CC you on the emails and monitoring him doing the work.[/quote]

In mcps you can’t email parents from your school email.
Agree with having him email the teachers.  Also get on studentvue and canvas with him and look at the schedule for the week to determine what they are covering when.  A lot will be accessible online.  It can be kind of a pain to get copies of the stuff that isn’t online.  If a friend can bring home the copies and les e them on your stoop, that would be great.
Mine stayed home due to a possible exposure and when she got back was given several packets of worksheets to do for her language class—due next class because the teacher intended to go over the answers in class.
If he misses the exams, know that you don’t necessarily have to make them all up right when the teacher suggests.  Mine had several teachers suggest several makeups within a dab or two, and she was freaking out.  I emailed the teachers to explain and they were very understanding and worked with us on rescheduling.[/quote]

I'm a HS teacher with 12 students out due to Covid as of Friday.  I'm sure it will be higher tomorrow.   The quarter and semester end a week from this Friday.  I will be giving tests in all my classes prior to that.  I plan to simply look at each Covid afflicted student's grade to see if taking the test can affect it positively.  If yes, I'll work on a time for those students to take the test they miss. It could mean a temporary incomplete for the quarter, particularly if the student is just starting isolation.  That's not a big deal; the grade is changed to whatever is earned once the test is taken.  If taking the test could hurt the current grade or wouldn't affect it, there's no reason to add to student stress by making them take the test. I'll excuse those students.[/quote]

I'm a teacher too and I get the flexibility but don't quite get it. Any test can help or hurt a students grade, right? Unless they have 100% and the test is less than 10% of the course grade, it has potential to shift. Wouldn't it be easier for you to just ask students to opt into a test or settle with their test average as a placeholder? And say clearly "if you do not elect an option, I will average your existing test grades for Test #5). I totally get your plan and support it...but would urge you to give the option to ALL students or you're gonna find yourself in hot water. [/quote]

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