School "lost" son's AP test booklet

kschmidt
Fri, 16 May 2008 08:09:08 +0000

OK, now what? I got a call last yesterday afternoon from the HS principal…you know, one of those calls where he is saying, I hate to make this call, this is one of those calls I never thought I would have to make, etc., and your heart is in your stomach until finally they get to the point…

Anyway, my son took the AP US History exam last friday. He is an LD student and has extended time and a separate testing center, and the exam took him almost 5 hours to complete. Apparently when the school was boxing up the booklets yesterday to send them to CB, they were missing one of the Part 2’s…my son’s. This has never happaned before and they have no idea where it is or what happened to it. Fortunately the proctor clearly remembers my son turning it in so at least we don’t have to deal with any accusations.

I just got another call early this morning; they have not heard back from CB so we are playing a wait and see game. They think he will have to take the entire test over but nobody knows for sure.

Anybody ever heard of this kind of situation? My son is very upset at the thought of retaking it and PO’d at the whole situation, but I told him, here is your opportunity to act like a real grown-up, and deal with the “unfairness” with maturity and grace. What else could I say? I don’t want him going into the principal’s office and having a temper tantrum! He is 16 and need I say more…