My oldest son is a senior in HS, getting ready to graduate in around 3 months.
Here's a situation we've run into:
A new kid moves here from Fla., my son gives him a ride to school one day. The kid fires up a joint. Then the new kid goes into school and someone tells a teacher that he smells like weed. He gets called into the pricipal's office. The kid won't say how he got to school that day, so the principal calls his mom. His mom tells them that my son took him. So they get my son and go out to his car. They say it smells like weed, so he gets suspended for a week. School policy, they say.
Ok, so my son serves the suspension and he has a conversation with a vice-principal. My son is concerned that when other teachers find out that he's been suspended, they will be pissed at him and look at him differently. The VP assures him that he won't tell anyone why he's been suspended. No other teacher mentions it, but one teacher was giving him shit, piling on the homework and tells him, 'he never should've did what he did'. So now my son is pissed, not only because the VP betrayed him but also because that one teacher is now trying to screw him over.
My son takes school seriously, wants to go to college, carrys a 3.0 GPA. This teacher gives him a D. He usually gets As and Bs. And her class is personal finance which is very easy, they teach you how to write checks and balance checkbooks, etc. Most everyone gets an A in this class. He says without take D, his GPA would be around 3.3. So I have to do something. I know I have to write a letter, but does anybody know to whom? Does anyone know if it is illegal for a principal to tell a teacher why a kid has been suspended? I'm pretty sure another teacher isn't supposed to punish a student if he's already served the suspension, I would think. I know, it would be hard to prove, but I have to at least try..do something. Does anyone know where I should start or send the letter?
Any other comments/suggestions would be appreciated. Just trying to get that D to hopefully a B. He actually got a 100% on the final exam. He is pissed that this will probably effect his attempts to get accepted into the colleg he wants.
Thanks in advance for any helpful advise/insight. The student/parent handbook is complicated as hell..thanks.
Here's a situation we've run into:
A new kid moves here from Fla., my son gives him a ride to school one day. The kid fires up a joint. Then the new kid goes into school and someone tells a teacher that he smells like weed. He gets called into the pricipal's office. The kid won't say how he got to school that day, so the principal calls his mom. His mom tells them that my son took him. So they get my son and go out to his car. They say it smells like weed, so he gets suspended for a week. School policy, they say.
Ok, so my son serves the suspension and he has a conversation with a vice-principal. My son is concerned that when other teachers find out that he's been suspended, they will be pissed at him and look at him differently. The VP assures him that he won't tell anyone why he's been suspended. No other teacher mentions it, but one teacher was giving him shit, piling on the homework and tells him, 'he never should've did what he did'. So now my son is pissed, not only because the VP betrayed him but also because that one teacher is now trying to screw him over.
My son takes school seriously, wants to go to college, carrys a 3.0 GPA. This teacher gives him a D. He usually gets As and Bs. And her class is personal finance which is very easy, they teach you how to write checks and balance checkbooks, etc. Most everyone gets an A in this class. He says without take D, his GPA would be around 3.3. So I have to do something. I know I have to write a letter, but does anybody know to whom? Does anyone know if it is illegal for a principal to tell a teacher why a kid has been suspended? I'm pretty sure another teacher isn't supposed to punish a student if he's already served the suspension, I would think. I know, it would be hard to prove, but I have to at least try..do something. Does anyone know where I should start or send the letter?
Any other comments/suggestions would be appreciated. Just trying to get that D to hopefully a B. He actually got a 100% on the final exam. He is pissed that this will probably effect his attempts to get accepted into the colleg he wants.
Thanks in advance for any helpful advise/insight. The student/parent handbook is complicated as hell..thanks.
