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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just let your kid sleep in and upon return the next day, just say they were sick. No one cares honestly.[/quote]

I care. It means I have to write a new version of the test they’re taking Friday, because a significant number will be out. I can’t delay the test because it’s spring break next week, the following two days are work days, and I can’t test the next two blocks after that. If they don’t take it Friday, they have to wait 2.5 weeks to take it.

Those who are out for vacation prearranged taking it early—great! Those who skip won’t do that. They’ll come back from break panicky and begging for extra study materials, asking me to stay after to help them review, etc. They’ll turn in their review assignments late so it will take me longer to grade them.  All things I would happily do if they were truly ill, but it’s a sh*t ton of work for me for a kid who just skipped for funsies. (But since mom called it in as a cold, I have to do it)

Sorry, you probably think I have a stick up my butt, but I spend hours planning and preparing plans and contingency plans, and stuff like this is just frustrating. I get it. 17/18 year olds make dumb choices, but it’s frustrating when parents sign off on these dumb choices and say it’s no big deal.[/quote]

Why on earth are you having a test on the Friday before Spring Break? Ridiculous! Poor planning on your part.

Tests should be finished the week before so students have time for retakes. [/quote]

Because that's how our units work out. I had a test on Friday in one of my classes and then a test this Th/F in another class. We can't test on O-days (like last Monday), we can't test the school two days after Spring Break, that really constrains us when we have 5-7 day units on Block Schedule (secondary math) and are running up against early May AP/SOL dates. [/quote]

So are you counting the Friday test (the day before spring break) onto the 4th quarter then? Because it’s not fair for it to count on third quarter without the option of a retake before the end of the quarter. Or does your school used a rolling gradebook?[/quote]

[b]Original HS teacher with test on Friday. We use a rolling grade book. I told kids if they did well and it raised their grade, it would be included in their 3rd quarter grade. If it lowered it, I would not enter it until 4th quarter to allow time for retakes.[/b]

With block schedule, O days, AP tests starting the first week of May, testing days are limited. My options were to test the day before spring break and have 2 weeks of AP exam review, or to delay the test until we got back and only have a week of AP exam review. I actually put it to a vote with the kids and they overwhelmingly picked to do it before break so they could truly shut their brains down for vacation.[/quote]

That’s fair then. But it’s too bad the test couldn’t have been Wednesday of this week instead of Friday.

Our school doesn’t have a rolling gradebook this year. [/quote]

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