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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school calendar has underclassmen final exams scheduled on the last two days of school.  This seems odd given the half days and that seniors in the same classes would have graduated and been done by then.  Do any teachers know if this is accurate?  [b]In the past, the grades always seemed to be due prior to the last week.[/b]  [/quote]

You’re thinking of elementary school and possibly middle school then. High school has always worked this way. The exam is part of the final grade so grades cannot be due before the final exams. And final exams have always been scheduled up until the last day. So no leaving early for vacation this year. Sorry.[/quote]

Our high school did not have any testing the last week of school last year.  Kids just did fun end of school stuff.  Well deserved after all the AP exams and SOLs.  [/quote]

Which school? Every school I’ve worked at had finals, a project or presentation of some sort during final exam week.  That sounds like a waste of time and asking students to skip in HS.  - teacher [/quote]

I’m sure this is a troll now. Every FCPS high school has finals.[/quote]

DD’s school has finals, but several of her classes do not. Finals for 3 of the classes are before the AP exams, so done by the end of April. [/quote]

You’re not in FCPS then. Finals are not done in April. Name the school. [/quote]

Sorry - facts. DC has one final exam now and one next week even. Some classes will have exams the traditional last week still, but there are definitely AP and DE classes with final exams now.

Western FCPS HS.[/quote]

Are you sure the AP ones actually count as the end of the year finals? Maybe it’s just a review final of all the material. [/quote]

Not PP, but our HS finishes up finals in all AP classes next week.  This makes sense since they have AP exams in May and the subject matter needs to be wrapped up before that.  It’s pretty common, not sure what school doesn’t do this.  [/quote]

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