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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10 hmmm, not sure much is going to change in 10 days. Was there some sudden change to his/her grade. Maybe a heads up when I can actually have time to intervene would have been nice.

Is this something that is actually fixed at home? Do you want me to tutor him/her? Can you deal with this at school?[/quote]

Yesterday, we had a grade level team meeting. Both Science and SS had projects worth 30 points due within the last week. English had a paper worth 25 points. Any of those can move a student a letter grade if he or she "forgot" to turn them in and they are currently reflected as a Z in Gradebook/Edline. Might be worth responding to the teacher's efforts to contact you (the parent) before the deadline date when that Z becomes a 0.[/quote]

Science, SS and English all had important stuff due in a 5 day period, maybe teachers should talk to each other.

If my child "forgot" to turn it in, call him/her up to your desk and ask for it. Do you want me to come in to the school, go through my child's bag and hand you a project?

We do talk to each other. That's why we have a team meeting every day that cuts into my time for trying to contact parents who won't return emails or phone calls. All three of these assessments are unit projects that students had at least two weeks sometimes more to do. They weren't due on the same exact day.

Do you really think we haven't already asked the students multiple times for their work? The first step is never to involve the parent. But after repeatedly requesting late work and entering a Z in Gradebook so that the student and parent can see it on Edline before the deadline passes, there isn't much more I can do. Yeah, I would love it if you would drop off a finished project. Sounds like that won't happen. Darn it!

While I can't forcible enter your home, pry the X-box controller from your son's hands and coerce him do the project, you certainly can at least let me know that you are aware that work has not been submitted and will no longer earn credit in a few days.
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