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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yay! Let’s teach our kids to not prepare for tests so we can take them again. Let’s also teach them that emails from mommy get stuff done. It’s no wonder nobody wants to teach. [/quote]

Yes emails from parents work. I highly recommend them![/quote]

That’s okay. My kid studies for tests the first time and doesn’t need mommy to email his teachers. [/quote]

When a teacher blatantly disregards a country policy, yes an adult needs to step in. In fact, this teacher was doubling down during math class saying no retakes but did a complete turnaround 2 hours after school. This teacher creates a culture of fear and kids are scared to approach her.[/quote]

DP, but our DCs apparently have the same teacher.  I’m glad someone spoke up. One of the reasons I liked this teacher so much was because they made the test retake policy explicitly clear at BTSN. And like it or not, it’s FCPS policy. You can’t just flippantly change it because you suddenly don’t agree with it. I mean, imagine if we lived in a country where you could just change laws on a whim because you don’t agree with them. What kind of message does this send to the kids? [/quote]

Yes, but if it is a rolling grade book, can’t the retest occur next quarter?[/quote]

It is now, but as OP stated, the class was initially told that there would be no retakes since it was the end of the quarter. However, yesterday the students received an email detailing the extensive parameters they must meet in order to retake the test, which will be administered after school hours. [/quote]

+1 [b]why is it after school?[/b] That’s not fair to kids who have after school commitments.[/quote]

Because the teacher wants to power trip against the parents who had the audacity to expect adherence to county policy. [/quote]

I’m actually surprised FCPS doesn’t have a county policy against scheduling tests outside of school hours yet. I’ve worked at two different school districts and we’ve been strictly prohibited from scheduling anything classroom related outside of school hours since, like, 1999. [/quote]

I mean, when the poor parent who had to hear from their upset student, and then ground truth this story hears from their student that, actually, the parent gets to rearrange their schedule to accommodate the teachers power trip…I have a feeling there will be such a policy.[/quote]

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