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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you allowed to take two courses concurrently to replace a poor grade of a class you took in MS?
Scenario:
DD has a C in Spanish in 8th
Retakes that same level of Spanish plus a higher level Spanish class in 9th?
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I really doubt anyone would sign off on that schedule even if it's technically legal because the pre-req for both is met.  If the student feels weak in the language just retake it in 9th grade but don't eat two hours of their schedule jockeying a GPA.  [/quote]

I'm a high school Spanish teacher, and I have never heard of anyone doing this.  We have a lot more students repeating Spanish 1 now that the grade is replaced on the transcript (used to be averaged, so students with a B in Spanish 1 in middle school would move on to Spanish 2 and deal with it.  Now parents insist that kids who earned a B in middle school retake, and they're bored out of their minds, so bored that they often mess around to the point of earning a second B.)

There also isn't time in the students' schedule to double up on anything.  As it is, the kids have very little time to make up tests and quizzes they missed while sick or get extra help for a teacher.  They could all use a study hall and yet their days are all filled up.   [/quote]

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