We're no longer in FCPS but I vividly remember how the grade school teachers K-6 loved giving unit tests on Mondays. I don't mind tests, but they should be later in the week. It meant I had to pull my kids indoors from playing with their neighborhood friends on Sunday afternoons to go over flash cards and do practice problems. "Why can't I play?" they would say. I wouldn't tell them because FCPS has a sadistic side where it does unit tests on Mondays. My kids needed that Sunday downtime to clear their heads, but there was always a unit test. If it was a really big test, we would have to do Saturday and Sunday review.

It was exhausting.

Where we live now, all tests are later in the week, as it should be. It gives our kids a chance to have the weekend.

No, this won't work in high school. Elementary, yes. Some middle school teachers will accommodate the request. None in high school will.

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Anonymous wrote:pull your kid out and send her to private.

Dumbest comment on DCUM whenever someone talks about issues with school.

ouch, hit a nerve?? LOL

Private schools don’t have to honor IEPs accommodations 🤦‍♂️ .
Public is your best bet

Thank you OP for the laugh today.

Anonymous wrote:This seems like a troll post.

+1

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Are high school teachers allowed to give homework? I want to email the principal and the AP, and all my daughter teachers and let them know that I don't want my daughter to be assign homework. I will be okay, with them giving a studying for a test, and reading for Fun and extra credit and that is all. NO Test on Monday and no more than one test per day. Will this be possible ? She was denied A IEP and 504, because they tested her and she had no need for one, but I believe kids should be kids and they shouldn't be doing homework when they get home and they shouldn't have to do so much work when they get home from school.

You could also ask them to give her all A's no matter what grade she actually earns, while we are listing crazy requests no one will ever agree to.

I'm not sure it's possible to get through high school without homework, meaning you really can't master all the content without studying outside of class.

Maybe your daughter can find classes that have optional rather than mandatory homework, but don't be surprised when her grades are far below that of her peers.

Are we allowed to give guideline to teachers

Yes.
You can send anything you want, so long as it is not illegal. But that doesn't mean they have to read it or listen to you.

Anonymous wrote:Are high school teachers allowed to give homework?

Yes.

I want to email the principal and the AP, and all my daughter teachers and let them know that I don't want my daughter to be assign homework.

You can send the email, but they don't have to do what you ask them to do.

I will be okay, with them giving a studying for a test, and reading for Fun and extra credit and that is all. NO Test on Monday and no more than one test per day. Will this be possible ?

This is not possible.

She was denied A IEP and 504, because they tested her and she had no need for one, but I believe kids should be kids and they shouldn't be doing homework when they get home and they shouldn't have to do so much work when they get home from school.

It is absolutely okay for you to believe what you believe, but that doesn't mean they have to agree with you.
It is also okay for you to make plans to homeschool so that you are in more control, or find a different school setting. But you cannot change the way public school works for you child this much without documented need for 504 or IEP. If that didn't work, then it didn't work.

OP, no public school or private school that I’ve heard of can accommodate all of this. There are certainly schools that don’t push homework for elementary ages, but the rest of your requests aren’t going to get you far.

No kidding. Each year the meeting is about how can we get your kid off it and all he gets is extra time on tests. We never get to actually talk about his issues. Say you are against 504s and IEP's without telling me you are.

Anonymous wrote:I'm very glad your IEP and 504 were denied. I really think this is part of teachers' issue with schools. People are making up fake reasons to get their kids out of homework, extra time on tests and out of stuff that kids don't want to do. It's undermining actual teaching and is absolutely setting kids up for failure in the real world.

Said by someone who has never had a kid on an IEP 504. It’s a living hell to go through and maintain.

Public education isn't like a la carte menu. You can't pick and choose what you want. Take it or leave it. Homeschooling sounds like a good option!

Anonymous wrote:
Are high school teachers allowed to give homework? I want to email the principal and the AP, and all my daughter teachers and let them know that I don't want my daughter to be assign homework. I will be okay, with them giving a studying for a test, and reading for Fun and extra credit and that is all. NO Test on Monday and no more than one test per day. Will this be possible ? She was denied A IEP and 504, because they tested her and she had no need for one, but I believe kids should be kids and they shouldn't be doing homework when they get home and they shouldn't have to do so much work when they get home from school.

You are not for real, are you?

This seems like a troll post.

Anonymous wrote:pull your kid out and send her to private.

My friends who have kids in private schools have a lot more homework than those who have kids in public.