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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well it is using SBG to cover up her failure to grade assessments. So yes it is an SBG problem. And I’m not saying every teacher but this is how it can be used to show grading when there is none. [/quote]

Ms. Gee?[/quote]

I’m a different pp, but if by “Gee” you mean the initial “G”, we may be discussing the same teacher.  Administration was patronizing and dismissive when I raised concerns. [/quote]

PP and yes, we are talking about same teacher. We’ve also raised concerns (after first encouraging our student to talk directly to teacher) and we were largely ignored.

I’m truly done with FCPS/JMHS. DC is a senior, so the end is near. Good riddance. 
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Was your DC hurt during college applications for having lower grades? That is what concerns me is if teachers saying “not mastered” in fall, that is when a lot of kids applying to colleges off those grades.[/quote]

DP here but based on my older child’s application experience, I’m more worried about sophomore and junior year for my current HS kid. DC #1 applied to 12 schools and at most one of them even looked at senior mid-year grades (most had either made a decision already or directly said they weren’t considering first semester grades unless they requested them). Kids who apply to more schools RD might have an issue with senior year performance, but for ED, EA and rolling admissions it would not have been a problem.

FWIW, #2 has a teacher this year who was very aware of that and actually manipulated the grade book to make the seniors look as good as possible through first semester. Higher practice grades were kept in, a particularly difficult test with a low class average was kept out until after mid-year reports, etc., so some teachers are doing their best to mitigate the impact. [/quote]

Nice teacher. Awful if you end up with the teacher that doesn’t do that.[/quote]

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