^^ so the school works under the 'We told you so" method and the student has to suffer for it? Great educational policy.
Our school also allows overrides. This was done several years ago under threat of a lawsuit by some parents. The administration had feared that there would be too many overrides and it would be hard to manage. But that never happened. It works well.
@twoinanddone Moving kids around throughout the semester is not only disruptive to the child having difficulty , but the other children in the class. You’re certainly entitled to view it anyway you choose.
It may depend on how reasonable the school’s admission requirements to the honors courses are, and whether it is possible for a student who does well in the non-honors courses to move up to the honors courses.
My school was VERY similar to yours from what you’ve said. In order to place into honors biology in 9th grade you had to have a 95 average in your science class in 8th grade. I believe I had a 93 or a 94 but they were very firm about their standards. I don’t know if your school system does something like this, but every year as students we took a standardized test that measured progress in core subjects. What eventually convinced them to let me in was showing them my test scores that placed me in the 99th percentile. If your son has similar test scores to show, that could help.
My son missed 9th grade honors biology due to his not “getting” certain characteristics of middle school science as it was presented in our district by his particular teacher. I worked with his hs guidance team and the chemistry teacher and he is now good to go for honors chemistry
Yes, typical. Our school district is the same. Unfortunately.
Unfortunately, your S will have to work twice more. Take Biology in 9th and Physics at home. If he self studies and takes AP Physics or SAT Physics, and bring this score to school, they shall let him back into the Ap track. Luckily, he really doesn’t need H. Bio for Engineering. Take it as a blessing. He will have an easier year, so he has to double his efforts to self-study Physics. There are several AP classes in Physics, plenty to work on. Most students don’t go far enough into Physics. In other words, AP Physics classes are not impacted, there is no waiting lists in most schools. Teachers will be more than willing to take a good student into AP Physics class. You, probably, missed AP Bio. But you don’t really need it, anyway.
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How would you approach a teacher and ask for private tutoring. Especially, if a child is not failing grade, but want to get an A? Just curious … is it OK for a parent to come and ask? Would a teacher tutor for the same class that she is teaching and grading? Is there are some conflict of interest issues?
Please, advice?
@carolinamom2boys < Moving kids around throughout the semester is not only disruptive to the child having difficulty , but the other children in the class>
Your children are, probably, in a small private school. In our super huge public, children move around all the time, Some kids move away. New kids join the class. Classes are big, so nobody really cares.
@californiaaa What makes you think my kids go to a small private school? My kids go to a large public HS with almost 500 students in each graduating class. Best not to assume when you have no info to form your assumptions. I stand by my original post. If that is not your experience that’s fine, but it consistently been mine.
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