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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a vent....my junior is taking 6 AP exams and so therefore, is missing 6 days of school and yet finals, quizzes and tests seem to be happening in a bunch of classes RIGHT now and so there is also a huge scramble to try to take extra exams after school in addition to studying for all tests.

Why do all of these exams need to be right now when school ends June 17? I get that some kids are seniors and need to do them earlier but this is putting so much undue stress on the juniors and it is unnecessary.

For a school system that pretends to care so much about mental health, this is NOT a way to show that you care.[/quote]

I agree they should pause testing the week of AP exams.  DC may be able to ask the other teachers to move their test to the following week.  I find most teachers are flexible and kind if asked.  [/quote]

AP classes are not giving finals diring AP testing, because half or more of the class is missing to take other AP subject tests.

The test schedule is national, set by college board, not school specific set by some random teacher in FCPS.

There is zero chance that what OP is claiming is real.

If her kid is taking 6 AP exams, none of those classes will be doing anything substantive the 2 weeks of AP exams, and certainly not a class test or final exam.

Many, if not most, AP classes give their final exam the week leading into the test, structured like the AP exam the students are going to take in May.  The final serves as a practice test for the AP exams.  All the material for the class is finished the last week in April, so the final occurs prior to testing, not during testing.

And as others have stated,  nearly all AP classes and certainly any AP classes an 11th grader is taking, will have a large cohort of seniors.  Graduations begin the week after Memorial Day,  so Senior grades need to be in by the end of May.[/quote]

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