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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it's that difficult to contact the parent, how about sending a note home with the child asking the parent to contact you.  Can you do that?[/quote]
Sent it home. Either he didn't deliver it or parents are ignoring it as well. Monday, the Z becomes a 0 and then I'm the bad guy.[/quote]

There are no bad guys except the student who didn't get the job done.  If you sent emails, there's a paper trail.  If the parents complain after they get the report card, you could also say you sent a note home.  I assume there was x,y,z times you asked the student to come in for help or to make up the assignment for partial credit.  So if there is a complaint, you have documentation to support those interventions were offered as well.  No one to blame but the child so let the chips fall where they may.

BTW - the parents have Edline so they should have been aware of how long that Z was there.  Sometimes the best lessons my kids learned was when that Z turned into a 0 and they got that bad grade on their report card.  There was a consequence to their actions and they began to go in for office hours and talk with the teacher regarding anything they were unsure of on Edline.  That 0 forced my kids to work out issues with their teachers independently.[/quote]

I'm glad to hear that you supported the natural consequences when your child failed to do or submit work. Unfortunately, all too many parents yell and threaten until teachers cave or administrators force them to change grades. I know that my ass IS well covered in this particular case, but I'd rather the student turned the work in and earned a grade that reflected what he learned in the course than to be left no choice but award him a grade of zero.[/quote]

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