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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have DCPS kids who transitioned to privates (Sidwell, St. Albans..) for high school and the private schools give ZERO credit for late work (even a day late) and they have no retakes.  You do it on time or it's a zero. You take quizzes and tests once.

It's a major shift in thinking from DCPS but the kids who come to these privates from public internalize the policies VERY quickly.  DCPS kids who want to do well (with this new DCPS policy) will learn quickly as well.

It's actually cut down on the academic stress significantly in household.  My kids do the assignments when they are due 100% of the time.  They study for tests 100% of the time.  
Things were FAR more stressful for us at Deal when I was nagging them at the end of the quarter:  "did you make up this WS assignment?  Did you retake that exam?"

I have two kids with ADHD and all sorts of executive function issues and they have fallen into line too.  I are actually extremely happy that the "no late work" policy exists for them.  Having hard deadlines is hard for them but allowing them to turn anything in at any time was actually REALLY BAD for their executive functioning.  They needed to learn how to deal with deadlines.

Give your kids some credit.  They will adapt.  And doing things on time is invaluable for life.  Allowing procrastination for years on end is really bad for kids.  [/quote]

I totally agree with this. My ADHD started JR (then Wilson) before the pandemic and she would turn her assignments on time. With the pandemic kids could turn their assignments by the end of the term and my kid started procrastinating snd ending up on the Christmas break with tens of late assignments. It was a mega nightmare having her finish all assignments that time snd then hovering around  constantly to make sure it would not happen again. Teachers also told me it was a nightmare for them because they had hundreds or missing assignments kids would turn in the last two days and teachers did not have material time for grade them before the deadline. My kid is now in college, without parents around checking her assignments and she is doing great. Assignments cannot be late snd are not late.

So DCPS prior late assignment policy was a nightmare for kids like mine who need firm deadlines and structure. My second kid, now in HS, always turns things on time so she will he fine[/quote]

Great. Yet another way pandemic school closures screwed my kid. Now exactly when grades matter, they tighten the policy with zero notice and zero preparation or ramping up.[/quote]

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