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Is a high school syllabus considered a binding agreement?
My son's biology teacher issued a syllabus which told the subject matter and the weighting on the grades.
The weighting was listed as test 50%, homework & Quizzes 25%, & Labs 25%
He gave no labs the 2nd six weeks. Therefore he changed the weighting on the grades to test 63% and HW & Quiz 37%. He did not inform the students or parents. When brought to the teachers attention he is sticking to his decision to change the weights.
My college son tells me that there is a case where a college syllabus was tested and was ruled as a legal contract. Can anyone recite that case? Would this apply to high school?
The 1st six weeks he gave 3 labs and everyone recieved 100 on each of them. So history shows that the students get high grades on labs. This greatly effects the grades by as much a 8 points for some students. It would allow some students to pass if they had the high grade on labs.
Questions: Is this a legal issue to pursue?
What is the case law if any?
What would be an acceptable solution to getting fair grades?
Help.. This keeps some football players inelligle for playoff games.
My son's biology teacher issued a syllabus which told the subject matter and the weighting on the grades.
The weighting was listed as test 50%, homework & Quizzes 25%, & Labs 25%
He gave no labs the 2nd six weeks. Therefore he changed the weighting on the grades to test 63% and HW & Quiz 37%. He did not inform the students or parents. When brought to the teachers attention he is sticking to his decision to change the weights.
My college son tells me that there is a case where a college syllabus was tested and was ruled as a legal contract. Can anyone recite that case? Would this apply to high school?
The 1st six weeks he gave 3 labs and everyone recieved 100 on each of them. So history shows that the students get high grades on labs. This greatly effects the grades by as much a 8 points for some students. It would allow some students to pass if they had the high grade on labs.
Questions: Is this a legal issue to pursue?
What is the case law if any?
What would be an acceptable solution to getting fair grades?
Help.. This keeps some football players inelligle for playoff games.