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[quote=Anonymous]OP here -

The school is saying to be able to see all of my daughter's exams (5 exams in total), I have to contact each teacher and each department head and schedule each as a separate meeting.  The meetings can only be held before school (which would be before 7am) or after school (at 2pm), not during their 1 hour lunch period because that is considered teacher planning time.

In a sense, their demands is denying me access because I do have younger children that are home in the mornings that I have to see off to school (try hiring a sitter to do that before 7am - impossible) and I do have a job.  I can take off 1 day, maybe 2, but I cannot take 5 days off from work and the commuting time alone traveling back and forth would be ridiculous.

I actually work on Capitol Hill and know a lot about FERPA.  I have quoted it to my principal and she doesn't bat an eye.  The problem is in the enforcement - not much teeth in that department and a pain in the ass to file a complaint through the Dept. of Education.  I also think (and so do some colleagues) that in today's day in age, FERPA needs to be amended to give parents and students the right to have copies of their educational records, not just to be able to read them.  If I could demand a copy, then these ridiculous meeting times would not be a roadblock to me reviewing the exams with my child and my child would be able to reference them when preparing for the final.

What good does it do the students to have them take a 2 hour exam then never see the actual result?  What good does it do MCPS to gather the data then just chuck it somewhere under lock and key that it seems that no one even knows where all the paper goes?  Such a waste of time and money and loss of educational potential.

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