I would like to know why our schools fail the children and why school administraters can't seem to admitt when they are wrong. My nightmare started last may durring final exams when my daughter got sick and missed to exams. I called the school and did everything the right way. I went to the school to talk to the 2 teachers and set up a time when she could take her exams. I explained that she was sick and wanted to take her exams. Her world geogroghy teacher decide that instead of her taking the exam he would just give her an F on it and she got a D for her final exam. Hold on how can he do that? Had she been allowed to take the exam she would of gotten a better grade than an F and she would of passed with a better grade than a D. The next one was her biology teacher. She gave me a school book and some papers for her to do. She gave her a week to finish the papers and go over a few things to refresh for the exam. Well we go to the school no teacher and the teacher no longer works for the school district and she took the exam with her. I was looking over her report card that they sent home through the mail and she was only down by half a credit. We go to talk to the principal and she informs us that she failed 4 classes. UMMM lets see no I don't think so. After 30 minutes of hearning the principal and another lady and my daughter in tears at this point I had lost it. The pricipal did find that she did pass 1 class and was suppose to fix it. My daughter does admitt to failing to of the 4 classes, but as far as biology goes the principal wont do anything to help the kid. Her exact words were" if you took the exam are you going to pass it"? Then she flat out said "NO". All I could do is say "Well thanks you for your encourgment that really helps". Now she made the volleyball team and now the principal wants her off the team because rules say that you can only fail 2 classes. I want to know is how are they able to sleep at nite. Something has to be done and Im here to see that something like this never happens again to her or any other child. Now she has these grade on her high school transcripts and would love to go to college. Here civil rights were violated and she should of been allowed to take those exams. Now Im in a heated battle with the school district (that would be Decatur Public Schools district 61), the school and anyone else that gets in my way. Im a mother and I want anwers. I make calls all day and no one gets back to me. It seems to me that when it comes to this school district one hand does not know what the other one is doing. I really need some help here any ideas would be welcomed.
thank You,
Trudi