School "lost" son's AP test booklet

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<p>OK, now what? I got a call last yesterday afternoon from the HS principal....you know, one of those calls where he is saying, I hate to make this call, this is one of those calls I never thought I would have to make, etc., and your heart is in your stomach until finally they get to the point...</p>

<p>Anyway, my son took the AP US History exam last friday. He is an LD student and has extended time and a separate testing center, and the exam took him almost 5 hours to complete. Apparently when the school was boxing up the booklets yesterday to send them to CB, they were missing one of the Part 2's....my son's. This has never happaned before and they have no idea where it is or what happened to it. Fortunately the proctor clearly remembers my son turning it in so at least we don't have to deal with any accusations.</p>

<p>I just got another call early this morning; they have not heard back from CB so we are playing a wait and see game. They think he will have to take the entire test over but nobody knows for sure.</p>

<p>Anybody ever heard of this kind of situation? My son is very upset at the thought of retaking it and PO'd at the whole situation, but I told him, here is your opportunity to act like a real grown-up, and deal with the "unfairness" with maturity and grace. What else could I say? I don't want him going into the principal's office and having a temper tantrum! He is 16 and need I say more.......</p>

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<p>I don't have any information to offer you, just sympathy. </p>

<p>I am not a fan of the testing anyway, but when it goes wrong - yikes.
So sorry!</p>

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<p>I was just talking to the head counselor yesterday at ds's school and they also though they'd lost a booklet. She freaked out and was panicked, fearing she'd lose her certification, etc. I agree with you that your son should be mature about it because the school personnel already know they're in hot water.</p>

<p>But my story has a happy ending. Because they had the kids sit alphabetically and hand out the tests that way, they knew about where, in theory, the missing test would have been distributed. They found it the next day. It had fallen down in an empty theater seat.</p>

<p>I'm sorry for your son and surprised he'd get a retake! Do you mean next year></p>

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<p>No, not yet year, next wednesday! I'm kinda surprised at that, too. But, who knows what CB will say? That's just the school talking.</p>

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<p>Not only will your son have to pay the price in terms of having to spend another five hours to retake the exam, but it will also be with the understanding that supposedly the makeup exams have a tougher curve.</p>

<p>WHAT will be the sanctions against the school because of this? Oh, I know...NOTHING!</p>