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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You mean like it was when we were kids and nothing was on computers yet? People managed to navigate school for an awful long time without computers.

Somehow my brother and I got through school with ADHD, reasonably serious ADHD, with regular old planners. My brother struggled more then I did but he graduated with a B average, went to college, and graduated from college so he figured it out.

Get your kid a planner. Go on the various sites and write down the assignments that you can find.[b] Go to Teacher and confirm that what is in the planner is what is due.[/b] [/quote]

Have you ever tried to reach a MS or HS teacher in FCPS? Pretty sure there is some unwritten rule that says once a kid passes 6th grade teachers no longer need to respond to a student or parent email. In MS and up it's all about self advocacy and they want the kid to do the talking but I'm convinced much of that is because it's easier to ignore a kid, they give up. MS and HS teachers barely grade on time. They surely are not responsive to planner/assignment checks. [/quote]

Some of you are just making sh-- up now. My DD has done office hours, emailed teachers, stayed after school to ask questions with absolutely no problem. Through MS, through COVID, through HS. I get that some individual teachers may be more difficult. But, this sweeping generalization is pure BS.[/quote]

Earlier this year, my DD just submitted a long term project online before the deadline. For whatever reason the file didn't attach correctly and the assignment was marked late. She lost 50% of the grade because of the glitch.

It showed "submitted" but didn't have the file so it was marked late. Kid didn't know until it later showed up as late in the grade book. This teacher takes a long time to grade everything so it was like weeks later.

Total BS. 
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FCPS policy is that late work can only have a 10% penalty.  Fuss about it if it's affecting her grade so much.  50% penalty is for missing work.

--HS teacher[/quote]

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