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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is in 9th grade at another Big3 and I have no idea how she's doing.  As in, I don't know if she has As or Fs.  
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This bothers me. My kids are fully independent and only talk to the teachers, not me ever, but I know where they are completely. Once, they update me on every car ride home and 2 they share their day with me including friends and academics.

One of the schools just sent out progress reports and I have never had such a complete picture from a teacher to exactly my child’s strengths and weaknesses are - of course I know them but for a teacher to hit the nail on the head was eye opening. [/quote]
This. If I had no idea whether my kid had As or Fs, no idea what classes they might be struggling in, I would wonder why my kid didn’t talk to me at all.

Our school (HS) does not give parents constant access to grades, but we get interim progress reports every 5-6 weeks. I think that’s great, but all it does is reinforce what my kid has already shared with me. I hope the pp who said they don’t know if their kid is failing or acing any class is exaggerating. [/quote]

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