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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle class, helicopter parents were gaming the current exam system by 1) asking for exam exemptions for various reasons and/or 2) writing their HSers sick notes to excuse absences from 1-2 morning exams so they had more time to study. Lower-income and immigrant parents seemed unaware of these strategies or lacked the clout with admin to pull them off. During my years as a HS teacher, I watched the policy shift from a doctor's note to exempt or make up an exam to parent request. By the time my older DD was a 9th grader at a well regarded MCPS HS, she was reporting 4-5 students not taking each of her morning exams. Five students times three classes with AM exams --that's a lot of exemptions or illnesses that managed to resolve themselves by the second exam block of the day.[/quote] Churchill HS by chance? http://www.thechurchillobserver.com/news/2015/02/24/excuses-excuses-exam-exemptions/[/quote]
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