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[quote=Anonymous][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] Did it ever occur to you that my child shares their grades as well their frustrations regarding teachers who don’t enter grades on time or wait to the last minute to hand back an assignment? [/quote]

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