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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi. This is the OP. Well, we have made it so far with power, for which I feel very fortunate.

[b]I just want to clarify that I have no beef with kids having to turn in their papers, projects and take tests upon returning to school on Wednesday. What I primarily objected to was that the teachers' emails said no exceptions would be given if power went out and work requiring internet therefore couldn't be completed.[/b] It's a moot point for us now -- DC has completed everything required for wednesday. I was very worried we would lose power today, though. In the last storm in July (which occurred about 1 week after we moved here, btw) we did lose power like many others for several days. That was my fear. At this point I don't care. If power goes we are ready for it.

My basic point remains that the school/county/whomever it is that makes up the rules, could have had a uniform policy about how to handle the work if power outages occurred. I just feel that is the right thing to do so that kids don't have to stress unnecessarily about getting their assignments in on time.

Wishing everyone a safe night in the storm.[/quote]

I'm not the OP, but I think her point is well-taken, though many posters seemed to miss it.  See highlighted sentences above.  It's also worth noting that her original post was around noon on Monday, when most of us in MoCo were basically waiting around to see when we would lose power.  (As you'll recall, heaviest winds were predicted for Monday evening into early Tuesday.)

FWIW, I'm the parent of two college students and a high-schooler.  They are not slackers -- my oldest are both students at Ivy League schools.  All 3 attend/ed a demanding high school, and we are grateful that their teachers helped them to develop a strong work ethic and good time management skills.  That said, when the power goes out, teachers need to be reasonable.  I think that's all that OP was asking.  And, also FWIW, in our experience, generally speaking the teachers who have teen and young adult children do seem to have a better sense of what can reasonably be expected of students.  [/quote]

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