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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids were taking AP tests![/quote]

Students and staff who were inside that day were expected to return to school next day! [/quote]

Oh because "we have to meet meet the number of days this school year" Apply for a F waiver![/quote]

The school made the right decision. Keep school open the next day, hold AP exams. Some kids need the resources of school to process trauma (peers and counselors) others need a break.  Many students prep for AP tests to lead up to a particular day and cancelling can be damaging.

Same with teachers -some want/need to come, others need not to. They have sick days and time off they can use. I hope MCPS HR treats these requests flexibly and the system is prepared to flood extra staff/support after these incidents.

The school did not say kids were "expected to return". The school said it would be open.  You are a parent - take responsibility for what your own kid needs. If they need to stay home, simply write a note saying they were absent for health reasons. Attending to one's mental health is a real health need, and I wrote quite a few excusal notes like that in HS w/o any problem. Your kids absence, like all health-related absences of one day, will be excused. They can make up any test, assignment, get class notes or take a make up AP exam on make-up day.

Anybody taking an AP test at the time should complain to College Board and ask for a re-take on make up day or another day. The school should be assisting with such a request, frankly.  It's reasonable to expect College Board to have alternate test forms they can administer. And/or students should consider noting in their college app that AP was taken during bomb threat lockdown. [/quote]

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