Petition Against the Removal of Attendance-Based Exemptions
We, the students of Hillsborough County, hereby petition to have our exam exemptions reinstated. We realize that swine flu is a serious issue, but we do not feel it is important enough to result in th... continue reading »
"Without exam exemptions, students will be encouraged to stay home since their incentive for coming to school has been removed."
"The loss of this incentive makes regular attendance less a priority."
"This really isn't fair to the 2010 seniors. All the three long hard years we have accomplished, I feel we seniors and others whom is eligible should have this privilege."
"Sue me..."
"Please involve your students in the decision making process"
"This is my senior year I've been looking forward to exempting all my exams since freshman year this is completely unfair to seniors."
"I think that being able to exempt exams is a BIG part of why many many students (especially seniors) even care about their attendance. I think attendance of students will significantly decrease without the exemption policy. Maybe they could consider somet"
"While I understand that many dissaprove of the policy concerning expemptions and I understand if there were meritable reasons for suspending it but swine flu is definitely NOT a meritable reason for the removal of exemptions"
"just make the people who dont bring in a dr.s note in miss out on theyre exam exemptions"
"Without our exemption options, there is sure to be a drop in our overall grades!"