I am so proud of my son Dakota he was presented 3 Rewards today at school. He got the Principal's Honor Roll Award for Having All A's , He got a Citizenship Award for showing good Citizenship in the school. And he Also got the Top Flight Eagle Award for working so hard and keeping his grades up. What Parent wouldn't be happy.
However the school year is coming to an end and they are telling him that no matter if he passes the CRCT Test (Which is a test to show how much a student has learned and what they still need to work on) He is going to Fail and be held back in the 1st Grade Again.
Last year he was held back because He was struggling in Reading and they had thought that if they put him in the second grade this year that he would have Struggled. But now he has done a complete turn around and has all A's they want to hold him back again.
There reason is Because he has missed 18 Days of school which I had sent a note with him For each day he missed and told them why he was absent. And each time asked them to send the work that he had missed in class home with him. However each note I wrote to the school about his absences came back Home with my son with the teacher's signature on it. And they are saying unless there is a document for each absence that he was absent is documented in his file they have no choice to hold him back. WTF
When Dakota came home today I saw all his Awards and told him what a good job he had done and that I was so proud of him. His Reply was "Thanks mom, But I am upset, My work does not matter to the schools."
I asked him why he says that and that is when he told me that his teacher told him that it does not matter if he passes or not he still will not be seeing the second grade next year.
As a Parent this just makes my heart sink and I am so upset and don't understand. Maybe it is just me that it don't make sense to.
