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First, DD was hospitalized on Memorial Day and out of school that entire week and the beginning of the next.  She went back on June 6th.  The last day of school was June 15th, but they didn't have every class every day the last week of school because of final exams.  There wasn't exactly a ton of time for her to catch up on her school work for all her classes.  She really tried and spent as much time as she could doing make up work. And sorry, but making up her work in core classes is more important than the work in a stinking elective.  BTW - this class is not just taking pictures, every lengthy project has tons of writing - and my daughter has a reading and writing disability that takes her 3-4 times longer to complete the work.  She has an IEP with accommodations for a reduced workload, among other things.  She was in frequent contact with her teacher and her teacher knew she was trying to complete the work.  She told her being in the hospital "was no excuse" for not completing her work. Look, if she has to take an F, she has to take the F.  But I feel like the teacher should have giving DD the opportunity to get an incomplete and have some more time.  It's not like this was missed work from early in the quarter that she sat on.

The "cry board".  Apparently I didn't explain this good enough.  When she yells at students and they get upset, they are told to go cry in the class storage room and then put a hash mark on the "Storage Room Tears" board.  Of course I have seen the video.  BTW,- there are 39 hash marks on that board.  This is not meant to be a "safe space".  This is a shaming tool.

I mentioned the cry board/closet tears/storage room tears board because I was struggling to determine whether that was something I should talk about with the school, when my primary concern is my daughter's grade and being able to make up the work.  In my mind, these are two separate issues with the teacher.  I absolutely am not going to go to social media or the real media with this.  To me, that's not constructive and I am not someone who wants a witch hunt when the teacher hasn't had an opportunity to directly address it.

I have asked for a meeting with the principal and am waiting for his response.  Thank you to all the PP's who provided advice.  It was enlightening and constructive to hear the multiple viewpoints.  [/quote]

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