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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school calendar has underclassmen final exams scheduled on the last two days of school.  This seems odd given the half days and that seniors in the same classes would have graduated and been done by then.  Do any teachers know if this is accurate?  [b]In the past, the grades always seemed to be due prior to the last week.[/b]  [/quote]

You’re thinking of elementary school and possibly middle school then. High school has always worked this way. The exam is part of the final grade so grades cannot be due before the final exams. And final exams have always been scheduled up until the last day. So no leaving early for vacation this year. Sorry.[/quote]

Our high school did not have any testing the last week of school last year.  Kids just did fun end of school stuff.  Well deserved after all the AP exams and SOLs.  [/quote]

Which school? Every school I’ve worked at had finals, a project or presentation of some sort during final exam week.  That sounds like a waste of time and asking students to skip in HS.  - teacher [/quote]

I’m sure this is a troll now. Every FCPS high school has finals.[/quote]

DD’s school has finals, but several of her classes do not. Finals for 3 of the classes are before the AP exams, so done by the end of April. [/quote]

You’re not in FCPS then. Finals are not done in April. Name the school. [/quote]

We are in FCPS, Marshall HS. Last year, DS' had his Chemistry exam 2 days before the school was over. It was just weird, I knew there were Seniors in his class. [/quote]

I teach classes with seniors. One team has decided seniors are either exempt from the final if they are passing the class, or they take it early if they need a last ditch attempt to raise their grade. [b]The other team has decided everyone takes it, seniors just get a week or two less review time because they have to take it early[/b].[/quote]

Completely unfair and I’d complain as a parent. Both teams should be doing the same thing.[/quote]

NP - does it really matter? The finals can’t count for more than 10% of the grade and students can’t get less than a 50 on them.

A with a perfect 100% in the class who completely fails would drop to a 95. Still an A. A child with a barely passing 61% would drop to a 59.9% which rounds up to a 60 and is still a D. The only kids it’s important for are those on the cusp of two grades where the difference between a B and a B+ is important. Those aren’t seniors. Seniors just need to keep grades similar to what they were back in January. The difference between a 79 and a 81 isn’t important anymore.

Finals are really just an attempt to keep kids engaged through the end.[/quote]

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