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[quote=Anonymous]Maybe the question should be WHY do different schools interpret it differently?

Could it be one of the following, or maybe something else?

* New principal's might be afraid to differ from community superintendent view of policy, while older principal's may be setting standard for their school?

* Some schools may have more students failing and therefore something needs to be done to raise the graduation rate, and this is what they are doing?

* Some principal's and / or community superintendents are looking for promotions, so they need to raise their metrics right away, and this is what they see as the answer?

* Some teachers, faced with tens of phone calls in a week, thought it was more important to get ready for tomorrow's class than to make all those calls.

* Some teachers, faced with the fact that some parents are not answering calls or emails (therefore no two way communication and no zero) feel this is unfair to students who do answer the phone (and therefore have two way communication and can get a zero). Keep in mind, some parents are working incredibly long hours and may not have access to the phone.

* Some people may not believe that the student is able to learn the material, so out of pity or empathy, feel this is the only way around unfair standards.

I am not saying all the above statements are accurate, I am just putting some out there. The bottom line, is this rule helping our students overall? Is it something that is better applied to some subjects but not others? What are the long term consequences for the student? [/quote]

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