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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Woah.  I think the parents with B students/Covid slackers are out in force.

I had a kid who came out of public last year and it was ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE not to get As last year.  There were limitless retakes and the lowest possible grade in DCPS (for example) was a B.  Teachers gave As for turning in ANYTHING.

Kids who got Bs literally [u]did not do anything.  [/u]

Why should a selective private school take a kid who elected to do nothing last year over a kid who played by the rules and turned in assignments?
When there are 10 kids for one spot at these schools, why should it go to a kid who didn't do anything when the other 9 did?
There is zero chance an admissions committee would select this kid over the others unless he/she has some crazy talent.  
It's a major liability for the school the next time this kid hits a bump in in the road.  [/quote]

This is simply not true for DCPS. My Deal kid had a C- and a D+ in two classes he struggled with and after missing a week for a COVID and a week for a death in family. Yes, you can’t have gotten any zeros (50s instead) and anything turned it can’t be below a D but it was not a given B. Thankfully, he did manage to get both classes back to a B but only after making up and addressing missing assignments,[b] but he could have ended the year with the C and D. [/b]Any many kids with parents that weren’t on top ended up with Ds and Fs.[/quote]

No, this isn't true.  DCPS only gave As and Bs as final grades last year (20-21).  Alls Cs and Ds were turned into "P".

From their Covid grading policy:

A  Students who earn an A or B will have the benefit of this grade published on their
B  transcript and the associated GPA weight.

C  Students who earn a C or a D will not be penalized for this lower grade being published.
D  Instead they’ll be assigned a “P” (for passing) and it will be GPA neutral.

F I Students who are earn a failing final grade will be assigned an “I” for incomplete.[/quote]

Even still, PP said everyone was given A/B and that is not true.

Also, I just pulled my DC’s Deal report card. He was in fact given a C- for term 2 final report card. His final grade for the year in that class was a B but he did get a C- posted on official report card. [/quote]

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