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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I wouldn't care about the grade per se or even the honor roll. The lesson here he's learning is whether his parents will fight for him when he's been screwed.[/b]

I also think the teacher sounds kind of lazy. Mom proactively reached out, kid offered to redo months of work and she said don't bother. He wasn't asking to be given a grade for nothing. Then it turns out that another kid had it (so your son couldn't possibly have found it because he'd never search there) and she laughs it off and doesn't want to do the paperwork to fix it. I'm unimpressed. It sounds like this is meant a lot to the kid and it encouraging that he cares so much about this. The mom and the teacher should go the extra mile and fix it. [/quote]

This. I would be frank with the teacher. I don't care about this, but my kid does. I like that he cares about his work. I don't want to encourage him not to and I don't want him to think I won't go to bat for him over something he cares about. Another kid took his assignment and so he couldn't turn it in. You know it's true, because I reached out to you on X date and you can talk to the kid who will confirm finding it on Y date. Is there any accommodation that you can make here (e.g., change the grade, add to honor roll if he would have otherwise qualified, add to pizza party if he otherwise would have qualified)? If not, do you have any suggestions on who I should approach instead? If not, I plan to approach the principal (or whoever) to explain the situation and ask the same question. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. But my kid will know that I fought for him because he cared about something.[/quote]

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