Okay, I have a question about percentages comparing to letter grades. For example: 100 = A 90 = B etc. etc. Specifically, my daughter recived a 69 as a final (overall) grade in a class. Is this passing or failing? And no, her school offers no such information on their website. It may be somewhere in the pamphlet they give you at the beginning of the year, but I cannot locate my copy. I cannot pick up her report card until tomorrow, but am on pins + needles waiting to see if she must to take summer school to have enough credits to become a Junior. You must sign up + pay for summer classes weeks before you find out what classes you actually failed. If you don't need the classes, you get your money back + pull your kid out. Assed-backwards? But of course! The county claims there is a delay processing the final grades because the main office is in Atlanta. I suggested delaying summer school a few days since THIS DELAY OCCURS EVERY YEAR or end the regular year sooner to allow for the inevitable delay. I am, apparently, an uneducated Yankee blue-collar psychotic for daring to suggest such a radical plan! She is attending High School in Columbia County Georgia, if that helps in your detective work.
69 is a D+. In high school terms, at least in my neck of the woods, that's passing, but barely (60% cut-off). In college terms, that does not count as passing -- the pass/no pass cut-off is 70%. I take it her HS is part of a Metro-Atlanta school district? Here, within my city, there are at least three school districts, and within the metro area, at least 10. If it's one unified district, that could account for the delay in grade processing, but it's still a dodgy claim, IMO. If money isn't an issue, you could send her to summer school on the mere principle of not performing to her potential...
Judging by this site: http://www.ccboe.net/learning/high/files/7E912B0ED80247B6B4DBAC17F1CF38CD.pdf It's failing. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
She claims that teacher already said she would cut all kids a point of slack to pass..we will see tomorrow! Sending her to summer school would be a bitch, because the school provides only limited transportation. It's four miles to the nearest bus stop to get to the school, which is seven miles away.
Depends on whether it's a traditional scale are a 10-Point scale. In the latter: 100-90 = A 89-80 = B 79-70 = C 69-60 = D and you are good. In the former, anything below 70 is an F BUT, most schools won't give a 69 for an overall grade, if you get within 1 point they'll wink and round up (so effectively, anything over 68.5 passes. Not knowing what scale you are on, I can't say if she passed but if it's a T-scale grade and they actually gave her a 69 for a final grade, that bites. (or else your kid was such a problem that the teacher felt no need for mercy. i remember when i was teaching, a kid that showed a ton of effort and had a 67.....or a kid who was a deliberate pain in my ass all year who had a 68....which one do you think passed?)
Sounds like they are using the modern scale which would mean she passed. But what about just calling the teacher or her guidance counselor and demanding an answer now? The teacher ought to know if your daughter failed or not.
Depends upon the state, the district, the school, the department, sometimes even the specific class/teacher. Way back in the Golden Ages when I was in school, there was a district-wide grading scale in place, universal for all schools, all grades, all classes. It was stricter than many of the other districts around. A >= 95 B 85 - 94 C 75 - 84 D 65 - 74 F <65 Many other local school districts had the traditional 10-point per letter scale, so A's went down to 90%. Which pissed me off because there were numerous occasions when I had straight A's except for a 91 or 92 in a class or two. So by letter-grade comparison, I looked like a lesser student than some kids in those other districts who weren't nearly as intelligent. My kids' current school district doesn't have a standardized grading scale. Each school and department create standardized grading scales for the classes they teach. While these vary, they do generally follow the 10-point per letter scale that most people are familiar with.
Sounds like a scam. Around here public education is always free. You can pull your kid out at any time, I think your problem will be getting your money back. If refunds are handled by the same group of folks who needed weeks to post final grades you're hosed. Lots of easy solutions for this problem. As for the situation in general? The best strategy is to never be in jeopardy of failing a grade in the first place.
UPDATE! The 69 was rounded up, so she only failed one class out of six. Unfortunately, she still didn't have enough credits to move on to Junior, so she is taking another stab at Sophomore in the fall. She may move on to Junior in the second semester. As for "taking a bike" all the roads leading to the school are 55 MPH main roads, with no bike trails. There are no "backstreets" to take, because all subdivisions dead-end (do not connect). Best case scenarion is she will be 20+ years old when she finally graduates.
We'll, I'm sure she's far from thrilled about it, but it's better than just rubber stamping her and shoving her out the door, as seems to be the common practice these days.
Yes...but like all gub'mint sites (local, state, etc) they never have all the info you are looking for. If they list hours, they don't give a phone number. They list a location, they don't list the hours. etc. etc. Every single gub'mint website is devoid of "attention to detail" or being "user friendly." Probably designed by college-types.
Anything less than a 70 was failing in my youth. One of the criteria for a grade at my Jr. High science class for example was 1/3 of the grade was keeping a notebook, which I flat out failed to do save a few pages. I'd ace tests and do exceptional at classwork but the loss of a third and bam, there ya are. My teacher did give me one point and got me past the hump. Great guy, and I consider him my favorate teacher just ahead of my reading teacher. High school blew toads though teacher wise.
In my professional exams 40% was always the lowest grade bottom end pass level. But then I doubt its the same in US high schools.
Did everyone have the ABCDF grades in school? Growing up we had ESMIF (Excellent, Superior, Median?, Inferior, and Failing) instead. They only went to the ABCDF format after I'd graduated.
Like I said before, transportation is an issue. It's several miles to the nearest bus-stop, seven or eight miles to the actual school itself. I could not leave work to take her + pick her up. Kids are not allowed to hang around waiting for rides. A pretty 17 year old girl walking along a road by herself about the same time everyday? Every "rape van" in Georgia would come around. Zero public transportation around here. Anyway, if she took a full day of summer school she still wouldn't have enough credits.
Ground her till she pulls her grades up; bitch out the planning councils for the bad street network (although I do note that riding a bike seven miles each direction in Georgia would require portable shower stalls...); bitch out the school district for the shitty web page...
In my little corner of Canada, in my school district, we use the 'level' system. It goes: Level 4: 80-100% (A) Level 3: 70-79% (B) Level 2: 60-69% (C) Level 1: 50-59% (D) Level R: Under 50% is a fail. Student must retake course, or upgrade if their mark is at least a 40%
Isn't she old enough to drive? There's got to be a way to make that work. Maybe she gets up extra early and drops you off at work before driving herself to school. Can't be any worse than two wage-earners sharing one vehicle, and I've done that MANY times.
No, she doesn't drive - her grades weren't good enough, and now she "missed her window." Once you reach a certain age you can't get a license until you are an adult (18). You have a pretty narrow age window to get a driver's licese in Georgia. Also, no Driver's Ed in schools in our county. And you can't teach them yourselves completely..you have to pay for private lessons. And I currently also share one vehicle with another wage earner (my son) who also attends college. Yeah, it sucks having kids in school these days, especially around here. Things were so easy when I was a kid.
