Exempting finals in high school?

momlove
Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:34:24 +0000

I’m curious as to what other high school policies are for exempting finals.

Our seniors can exempt up to 3 finals if they meet certain criteria. They have to have a minimum grade of an A in the class, can have no disciplinary issues and can only have 5 excused absences in the semester. Students cannot exempt an AP final.

With the flu now starting to spread quickly through the school, the school is encouraging parents to keep kids home who are sick. However, the kids don’t want to lose the privilege of exempting 3 finals, so they don’t want to stay home even though they are coughing like crazy, running fevers, etc… This exemption is only available to seniors and they have waited 4 years for the privilege.

Do your schools have similar policies? Are they being modified at all this year with the H1N1 flu which seems to spread much more quickly among the students?