http://www.fcps.edu/LakeBraddockSS/about_us/pdfs/2014-15GradingPolicy.pdf
Lake Braddock does give 0's
And so it begins Wrote:
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> This is pretty standard practice in FCPS now. I
> don't agree with this policy as both an educator
> and a parent but it's where we are headed. Say
> what you will about Mrs. King but again this is
> where the county is headed.
>
> Don't believe me check the policies at Madison,
> Lake Braddock, as well as Woodson. They have
> similar ones at least eight high schools in the
> county have no zero policies.
>
> There are also a number of schools where homework
> is either not allowed to count as a grade or can
> be no more than 10% of the grade.
>
> Teachers are very not in favor of these policies
> but we are saddled with them as it's the "wave of
> the future."
>
> We can't have kids fail because God forbid they
> learn that you learn through failure....we're
> raising a generation mentally inept midgets all
> who are apparently have learning disabilities
> (this is an in thing to...my kid needs an IEP or a
> 504 because they're special).
>
> Anyway, I see the stuff people say about MVHS (I
> used to work there and thought it was a good
> school and working their taught me a lot) but
> please understand the grade inflation that you see
> is happening everywhere and that in and of itself
> is absolutely frightening.