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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]But what happens if a child falls behind, or gets sick for a week or two, or the parents just want to go over the material with their child again? 
How am I supposed to do that if there's no textbook I can refer to? Do I request a conference with the teacher and ask her to provide the URLs of the sites she goes to? [/quote]

2.0 materials from Pearson are copyrighted so the teacher can't give you a link. If the teacher is using something that is openly and publicly available she can provide it but this is less likely.

Our principal also does not allow work to go home if the child missed school. Some teachers ignore this rule but others are afraid. The principal's position is that the school is rated on attendance. If she allows work to go home, more families might take their kids out of school for vacation or home with a mild cold.

While I don't think parents should take kids out of school for vacation, this is a terrible reason to be obstructionist about connecting students and parents with the materials so the child can improve. Its also classic MCPS. The student's outcome is not the goal. Remember its always about what is best for MCPS not the kids.

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Why are you blaming this on MCPS? It's one individual principal's policy. Other principals in MCPS do not have this policy.

And, in my experience, when you ask teachers for supplemental materials, they actually respond helpfully.

If you don't know what's going on -- ASK.[/quote]

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