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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6th grader is still being exposed to new things.  School continues.[/quote]

Same here. My 6th grader is still learning. Civil War in SS, U8 in Benchmark, health lessons, etc. the only thing they are done with is science cause they finished the unit for the quarter and grade level standards in math since they took the SOL and finished the content.  Teacher is keeping them busy learning. I know by the last five days it will be mostly cleaning up, EOY events, etc. [/quote]There is no Science SOL in 6th grade.  They take a science test in 8th grade with that content. [/quote]

Reread the post. I believe PP was talking about the math SOL. They said they finished the science unit for the quarter and grade level standards in math since they took the SOL…[/quote]

But the thread is about high school, likely about upper class students since the Oap is talking about the waste of time after AP exams.

Not elementary school which is a completely different ballgame
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The question then becomes, why are high school teachers allowed to show movies and let their students just hang out after AP tests? Seems like an opportunity for extensions/enrichment. Work with kids on college essays if they are juniors. Do some career exploration with sophs/juniors.  It seems there are different standards held for secondary teachers vs elementary school. That is the larger problem. I do think next year moving SOL testing and requiring kids to take the exam will help with this stupidity.

My high school is NY did testing the last two weeks of school. We didn’t have wasted instructional time in May. Even with IB courses, you gad to take the regents test. [/quote]

This. So many Disney movies even in HS (and at what is supposed to be a top school in Va — there isn’t a documentary or interesting activity you could do related to your subject?). Really wish we could do some of the things listed above, like career exploration or college essay writing so we aren’t having to fit all of that in after “school” gets out. What also irks me is when my middle schooler comes home and says all of her teachers were absent. Obviously the teachers have deemed it pointless to keep coming in after SOLs, too. Why does FCPS engage in this charade? This is not instructional time!

Thank you to those teachers who continue engaging students in meaningful activities! We see you and appreciate you. [/quote]

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