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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give kids choice. 3rd quarter grade or Pass/Fail. How is that unfair to anyone? My straight A kid got B 3rd quarter was expecting to pull up 4th quarter as has done before. So I am not suggesting option to benefit my own kid. I am just not understanding how giving the kids a choice would disadvantage anyone. It seems to me that saying after the fact that the 3rd quarter grades do not count is a bad call. No problem telling now for 4th quarter that it is Pass/Fail, not opposed to either method but do not like the after the fact component of 3rd quarter. The whole thing seems like a no brainer. [/quote]

Kids got 3rd quarter grades. They are hyper inflated, but they got them. It’s 4th quarter that won’t have a grade. I’d like there to be a choice for 4th quarter.[/quote]

You are missing the point. 3rd qtr grades would not count if semester is pass fail. So retroactively you are making an entire quarter of work/grades meaningless. I don’t have a problem with your suggestion either, choice of grade for 4th quarter. That would benefit my kid the most. But my problem is that the kids who did the work at home have the same outcome as the kids who didn’t and are not being told that until after they did the work. The the semester grades are pass/fail my kid did a big disservice to himself by working to get grades up instead of spending all that time studying for AP Exams. It just bothers me that the information is not provided timely for students. If semester grades were not going to count, this should have been communicated sooner than 5 weeks and after the end of quarter. [/quote]

I hope there is no choice; DC's friend is a very bright student but his family is going through a lot now since a family member came down with COVID. We also happen to know a family financially not doing well due to job loss; their kids are  really smart, and one of them is in HS. So, DC knows we have been lucky so far, and though it would be an advantage for us, it would be unfair to many if there is a choice.  If there is a choice, this semester's grades will reflect who was affected less and who was affected more; not necessarily who worked harder.

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