「任意の試験サボったら学業処分」高校生が学区に直訴して大炎上した話が正論すぎる

For the way they handled this and infantilized you, NTA.

Here's some advice – first, bring this up to your parents if you haven't already and feel they would support you. Second, ask for a written recap of the meeting between yourself and the staff members, ask why you weren't given prior notification and why no other adult was asked to join, like your parent/guardian. Lastly, get the academic probation language in writing and send it to the superintendent if you haven't already.

CYA. (Cover Your Ass.) If they want to play games, show them you won't be bullied. Because that's what happened, they bullied you by deflecting your discussion topic, calling you emotional, and cornering you until you cried. This is a huge red flag, and I'd consider filing a formal complaint against the school for the way they handled it.

Now, that said – unfortunately, you may have to take this test and just get it over with if they won't drop it.

Editing to add: You can always say "I am uncomfortable having this meeting without my parents/guardians present." If they don't stop the meeting and schedule a time when they can be there, ask to have that noted in your record. "I asked to have my parent here and was denied that due to x-reason." Don't let them gang up on you like this.

The irony of them saying you wont be successful in college while you are literally handling a full AP load and standing up to administration is wild. If anything, this proves you are gonna be fine because you actually know how to read a syllabus and question authority when it makes zero sense. Do not listen to your sister on this one because if you just roll over now, they will keep using that fake academic probation threat on every other kid. Keep that email paper trail with the superintendent going.

Nta. Bring up this meeting as Harrasment to the school district. Do Not let this go. They are probably getting kick backs

NTA

I'm betting it will make the school look good in some way if they have high numbers of students taking that specific exam. Rather than provide encouragement to boost those numbers, someone thought they'd be clever and force it with ounishment. Bet that's not actually allowed and now someone has told a higher up, they need to make the situation go away.

Have your parents contact the superintendent again and express how upset they are that not only have you not received the clarification you've asked for, you've been falsely diagnosed with a mental health problem (anxiety) and berated for being emotional and told that your efforts to exercise adult agency over how you distribute your own labor and academic efforts are in fact childish simply because you would like to understand a requirement instead of following it blindly because the administration told you to. Have them make it very clear everyone in that meeting with you was super out of line. They wouldn't explain to you why they had made something optional and unsuited to your needs mandatory.

When you went to their boss, in response they tried to intimidate you into shutting up. Go back to the boss and let it be known that rather than communicating with you, they bullied you. Have your parents make a big deal about your heavy academic load and what a good student you are and how upset they are by your treatment.

You should focus as much as you can on the classes and enjoy this last bit of time where you are in fact still a child (18 or not, still a high school student, still have legal protection as a minor for a lot of things) and someone else can be the one dealing with the adults bullshitting.

NTA. My guess is they get some kind of funding for every student that takes the test so they are trying to force you for their own benefit.

INFO:

1) CLEP exams are subject-specific and come at a cost – which exam(s) are they pushing you to take, and who's paying for them?

2) Why aren't your parents present to advocate for you?

NTA. If I was your parents I'd be in that Principal's office making it very clear what "elective" means and also explaining to them that making my child cry was entirely unacceptable.

NTA. You are being harassed. If this continues it’s outright bullying. (Your school is probably getting paid for every student who takes the test.) I’ll be honest, half my degree was CLEP exams. I love the CLEP program. However they can’t force you to take anything that isn’t mandated. If it’s optional you can tell them to pound sand. And then tell them that you will sue if they retaliate against you.

Now- write down as much of the meeting as you can and send that write up to your superintendent. Make it clear you expect her to back you up against your school admins. And if you are still getting flack, find a lawyer.