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[quote=Anonymous]An update: flurry of phone calls and emails from my holdouts yesterday and even one this morning.

Cue video: Carole King "It's Too Late, Baby."

Most parents were apologetic and I think future communication will improve. One parent insisted that she misinterpreted the grade reports I kept sending her under the subject line "Grade warning: Please contact me ASAP."

Three tips for any new to MCPS secondary school parents:
--number grades 59-50%, Zs, and zeroes are all Es. And E doesn't mean "Excellent!", "Extraordinary!", "Exceptional!", or "Evidence of Eligibility for Enhanced Education!"
--a Z is MCPS-speak for "I didn't get the work, but I will still take it." A zero (0) means "I didn't get it and I won't take it anymore." If you see zeros, don't bother spending the Saturday after the quarter ends filling my email inbox with scans of all the work your DC never handed in. If you still see a Z, ask before you send that email deluge --Edline can take the whole weekend to update from Gradebook. You might see a Z on 10/31, but I entered a zero on 10/30.
--a failing number grade (59-50%) means I got the work, but it was not good. I will let your child know if the work can be redone. Hours or days after the quarter officially ends is typically too late for you or your child to make a first inquiry about reassessment. [/quote]

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