Last days of school

The last days of school this year were added on because our school system ran out of scheduled snow days. Unfortunately for students, books were returned, final exams were taken, and seniors all graduated on schedule according to the original school calendar, which meant little to no learning was done to make up for the missed days. I [...]

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Perplexing wallflower

My son is ever the wallflower when it comes to events at school. He tried out for the middle school track team, but as the season draws to a close, still hasn’t qualified to run in any event. When asked why he hasn’t yet qualified, he hems and haws, coming up with obtuse excuses. From what [...]

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Stupid school schedule

Okay, my kids’ spring schedule is already double-booked enough as it is between middle school and high school track schedules, baseball, and gymnastics. But now the high school has re-scheduled an academic awards reception on the same night the boys’ and girls’ track teams have an out-of-town meet. Duh. To complicate matters on that night, [...]

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Computer eats grades

My children’s school corporation lost their grades over spring break and the software that lets parents view grades online isn’t working. This is a boon to my son, who knows I can’t look at his grades until they fix this portion of the software. He’s jumping with joy and praying they don’t get it fixed.
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Grades

My kids go to a middle school and a high school where parents can track their grades over the Internet with EdEase software. I love it! It’s great. It’s even better than sliced bread. They can no longer hide bad grades or missing assignments from me and blame it on the teacher or another kid. [...]

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