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Our school did not communicate to parents that seniors could stay home, but DS's teachers told him to stay home and work on his college apps. Which he's doing.[/quote]

As a teacher, I am confident in saying they did communicate this several times TO YOUR SENIOR who is 17-18, presumably college bound, and theoretically capable and responsible of managing their schedule to the degree they know they don’t have to show up for a PRACTICE test that is only for 9-11th graders, which they should also know because they took it in those grades and know it is a practice test for the real SAT they take as late juniors/seniors. At some point it becomes ludicrous to infantilize students who are single digit months away from graduation and heading into young adulthood. [/quote]

If is not infantalizing teens on the cusp of adulthood to remind or alert them to an upcoming change in schedule.  And it would still be appropriate for the school to communicate to parents how the day operates.  Even after a last-minute email in response to parent inquiries, it was still unknown what students were to do after the test if they didn't have a way home and parents were not given information about when to pick-up exactly or if they needed to submit permission for a student to leave after the test.  And at least one sophomore I know didn't know when they were supposed to go where or what to bring or what to expect.  And that is a responsible, academically engaged, high performing sophomore.
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