yea, courts will uphold that a student has to have the opportunity to make up the work 9 times out of 10. that doesnt mean a school cant originally give zeros, but if the issue is pressed to the courts it will get overturned. my point in my statement was simply informing mom4 if the incident ever came up with her son she should not accept it. all to often parents do not know what the can push and what they can't. in my opinion it is not right to hammer a kid with zeros for an OSS. in some classes, such as upper level math classes 5 days of not doing the work and not having the chance to make it up will flat out put your grade away for the semester. i don't believe the point of punishment is to kill a kids GPA.