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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it actually posted as one grade, or is it broken into parts? A bigger project can be broken into multiple parts due at different times and entered as separate grades.[/quote]

It’s posted as one grade. There are five assignments and this is one of them but it’s worth 60 percent of the grade.[/quote]

Five assignments for the whole marking period is not allowed. The minimum is 13.[/quote]

My kid is in a similar situation.  Six assignments for the quarter, one of which was worth 55%.  The big assignment was due late September, but the 50% grade was not entered until very late in the day on Monday.  (I checked Monday afternoon, and the kid had an A.  Tuesday, a C.)  My kid struggles with organization, but I don't know how we can help when the teacher waits to input the problem grade until the very last minute, 6 weeks after the assignment was due.[/quote]

This will be easy to fix since it is a clear violation of the grading policy. Email the teacher.[/quote]

Maybe the letter of the law but teachers can come up with a way around this if they're determined. [/quote]

I don’t think most teachers are determined to find a way to do fewer than 13 assignments a parking period. If anything, teachers I speak with are annoyed at the limitation of assignments. However, the hypothetical teacher who wants to get away with putting fewer than 13 grades in Synergy is out of luck. The parent just has to yelp all the way to central office. And surely, other parents in the class will join in, too. [/quote]

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