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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am shocked at how many people are saying the onus is on the kids / parents. It is to an extent, but failing every class should be sending off alarm bells with everyone.

Good luck to you, OP. My DC went through WMS and is now at YHS, and I got no support from the school until DC was failing every class - a fact of which the attendees at the 504 meeting were unaware, even though it was the primary reason for the 504 - and had to be partially hospitalized for depression. And I raised the issue with teachers, counselors, admin, requested meetings, etc. ALL THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, and WMS was USELESS.

Good luck to you, OP, and if you can leave APS, do it.[/quote]

They did.  Grades and assignments are posted online.  Parents and students see the grades and can see if anything is missing.  That is the notification.  Now you expect teachers to call and say “I am posting everything but want to make sure you are actually looking at it.”   What’s next? A phone call to make sure you read an email?

This is not elementary school anymore.  Teachers notify with an online grades and the kid can follow up if they need more assistance.  [/quote]

First of all, since paper report cards are no longer provided, it would be helpful if the school would at least send an email to let parents know when final quarter grades are actually posted. It doesn't take that much effort - it's a system the administration can set-up and do, not require each individual teacher to do.

Second of all, all parents shouldn't hover daily in their kids' Canvas accounts all the time. Speaking from personal experience, our continual peering into Canvas and ParentVue to monitor assignments and grades caused way too much stress and conflict in our family for years and greatly impacted both our personal relationships within the family and the mindset of our kid - all negatively. For many students and many families, stepping back and letting the school function and the student sink or swim is better in the long run. That's not to say we no longer cared or were no longer involved as parents; but once our kid was able to build a good rapport with the guidance counselor and we got our kid with a competent case carrier, and stopped logging into Canvas or ParentVue every day or every week or even at all, life was better for everyone.  The case carrier and counselor - doing their jobs decently! - inform us when something is necessary and we continue to show interest directly with our children by asking what they're doing in their various classes, what homework they have, etc. but not every single day.

You're right. It's not elementary school anymore. But kids don't all immediately mature and adjust to middle school independently. Middle school is a transition and the school should absolutely be communicating with parents directly when a student is failing.[/quote]

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