” The school has a policy that if you drop a full year class by the midyear point (Friday), the grade and class will be dropped from the transcript. My friend who teaches Math was nice enough to meet with the girl and go over a few things. She told the girls mom and I that this girl is in no way prepared to be in this class! “
IF the school does have a policy of allowing to drop a class, then they have to allow her to drop this one. Either there is a policy or not. I would try to get a copy of the policy and have the Mother go and talk to the principal, if there really is such a policy.
If there is no such policy, then she has to bite the bullet and study hard. Your teacher friend says she is not prepared for this class — so how did she pass her previous Math classes? Something doesn’t add up.
I agree with Innovative: If the policy is that a student is allowed to drop a course if they do it by a certain time, then she should be allowed to drop the course. The girl’s mother may need to grow a spine and insist that the school actually follow its own policy. (Perhaps you could go with her and be the mom’s substitute spine. ;o)
The reason I know the school allows drops is because last year my daughter got bored in Chorus and asked if she could drop and they said as long as by the end of the second quarter. She ended up sticking it out and now enjoys it. Her friend is being told because math is a “core” course she can’t drop according to her mom. I’ll have to search the school handbook.