New APS Quarterly Attendance Report

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Right, and the school is going to shrug if we raise that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

You really believe the attendance issue affecting public schools is because they are all sick all the time. This is your hypothesis.

#dumb

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

I’d love to see data showing that people are taking kids out for vacation or because it’s too cold.


Anecdotally, when my kid was out for COVID they got 2 math worksheets. When another one of my kids was out for surgery the teacher said there was nothing they needed to catch up on. I would hope MS and HS is better, but ES teachers haven’t been interested in helping my kids catch up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

I’d love to see data showing that people are taking kids out for vacation or because it’s too cold.


Anecdotally, when my kid was out for COVID they got 2 math worksheets. When another one of my kids was out for surgery the teacher said there was nothing they needed to catch up on. I would hope MS and HS is better, but ES teachers haven’t been interested in helping my kids catch up.

I don't think there's a way to tease out who is blowing off school for vacation in the data. It's too easy to lie and say they were sick or just never respond at all. Circumstantially, they could probably look to see if there's an uptick on days that surround scheduled no school days. Kids that were out Nov 6-8, for example, could have been on a week and half long vacation. Also, the 2 days before Thanksgiving are always suspect.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

I absolutely do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

I’d love to see data showing that people are taking kids out for vacation or because it’s too cold.


Anecdotally, when my kid was out for COVID they got 2 math worksheets. When another one of my kids was out for surgery the teacher said there was nothing they needed to catch up on. I would hope MS and HS is better, but ES teachers haven’t been interested in helping my kids catch up.

I don't think there's a way to tease out who is blowing off school for vacation in the data. It's too easy to lie and say they were sick or just never respond at all. Circumstantially, they could probably look to see if there's an uptick on days that surround scheduled no school days. Kids that were out Nov 6-8, for example, could have been on a week and half long vacation. Also, the 2 days before Thanksgiving are always suspect.

Anecdotally I know so many families who blow off school for vacation. It's to the point where the teachers don't even bother doing anything the week of Thanksgiving or the days leading up to winter and spring break. And yes, they probably lie.

They are responsive and provide makeup work when the kids are sick in HS. The math teachers in MS do too. They are not going to bother in ES because there is so much circling back and reinforcing and really, it's elementary school. If your kid is on track it's just not that big of a deal to miss a couple days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

I’d love to see data showing that people are taking kids out for vacation or because it’s too cold.


Anecdotally, when my kid was out for COVID they got 2 math worksheets. When another one of my kids was out for surgery the teacher said there was nothing they needed to catch up on. I would hope MS and HS is better, but ES teachers haven’t been interested in helping my kids catch up.

I mean I have work in school attendance. I can see why people called out. And everyone time its cold we have to call parents and convince them the cold is not dangerous for the 2 mins their kid is out in it. APS has a lot of families from differnt cultures abd countries with many different beliefs.

Anyway when we kid missing MS he then has a ton of work. They dont get to not do the work. He often has to come in before or after school or during lunch to do things

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

I’d love to see data showing that people are taking kids out for vacation or because it’s too cold.


Anecdotally, when my kid was out for COVID they got 2 math worksheets. When another one of my kids was out for surgery the teacher said there was nothing they needed to catch up on. I would hope MS and HS is better, but ES teachers haven’t been interested in helping my kids catch up.

I don't think there's a way to tease out who is blowing off school for vacation in the data. It's too easy to lie and say they were sick or just never respond at all. Circumstantially, they could probably look to see if there's an uptick on days that surround scheduled no school days. Kids that were out Nov 6-8, for example, could have been on a week and half long vacation. Also, the 2 days before Thanksgiving are always suspect.

Anecdotally I know so many families who blow off school for vacation. It's to the point where the teachers don't even bother doing anything the week of Thanksgiving or the days leading up to winter and spring break. And yes, they probably lie.

They are responsive and provide makeup work when the kids are sick in HS. The math teachers in MS do too. They are not going to bother in ES because there is so much circling back and reinforcing and really, it's elementary school. If your kid is on track it's just not that big of a deal to miss a couple days.

To be clear we are talking families either 10 absences plus. 30% of kinder kids at our school are chronically absent. Missing more than 15 days. Many MANY more. I am sure everyone in DCUM is fine. Many kids aren't

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well I find it ridiculous that my kids teacher took a week long trip to Dubai all while the school is sending me annoying texts about my kid missing 10 days of school because he had the flu and a stomach bug.

I think our kids are in the same class, unless several teachers are jetting off to Dubai.

I actually don't begrudge a teacher a trip, but I did not love DC barely had any homework for 3 weeks, on top of the little they normally get. I came on DCUM today during my biannual freak out that we should be in private school...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

I’d love to see data showing that people are taking kids out for vacation or because it’s too cold.


Anecdotally, when my kid was out for COVID they got 2 math worksheets. When another one of my kids was out for surgery the teacher said there was nothing they needed to catch up on. I would hope MS and HS is better, but ES teachers haven’t been interested in helping my kids catch up.

I don't think there's a way to tease out who is blowing off school for vacation in the data. It's too easy to lie and say they were sick or just never respond at all. Circumstantially, they could probably look to see if there's an uptick on days that surround scheduled no school days. Kids that were out Nov 6-8, for example, could have been on a week and half long vacation. Also, the 2 days before Thanksgiving are always suspect.

Anecdotally I know so many families who blow off school for vacation. It's to the point where the teachers don't even bother doing anything the week of Thanksgiving or the days leading up to winter and spring break. And yes, they probably lie.

They are responsive and provide makeup work when the kids are sick in HS. The math teachers in MS do too. They are not going to bother in ES because there is so much circling back and reinforcing and really, it's elementary school. If your kid is on track it's just not that big of a deal to miss a couple days.

To be clear we are talking families either 10 absences plus. 30% of kinder kids at our school are chronically absent. Missing more than 15 days. Many MANY more. I am sure everyone in DCUM is fine. Many kids aren't

*families WITH 10 absences plus

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

You really believe the attendance issue affecting public schools is because they are all sick all the time. This is your hypothesis.

#dumb

Try some reading comprehension. I did not say ALL were missing school due to sickness. I said LOTS. Covid is still here even though you are probably in denial. Whether you will admit it or not, Covid messes up people's immune systems, and this just gets worse the more they get it. So yes, it was a bad season for flu and now we even have things like whooping cough. And no this isn't just my hypothesis, I've seen the notices from public health for whooping cough which I don't recall ever going around before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

I absolutely do.

Then you are part of the problem and also have no morals. There is probably an immune compromised kid in your class who you are putting at risk. I also bet you complain when the teacher is out even though your sick could got her sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the part of the text that says to contact the school if there’s something getting in thr way of attendance. Germs. Germs are what’s getting in the way of attendance.

Can people really not see beyond their own lives to realize lots of other kids are missing a lot of school not due to germs? If the effort and intent behind all this doesn't really apply to you, then must move on.

Can you really not see beyond your own life to realize lots of kids are missing a lot of school DUE TO germs. I bet you're one of those who doses your kid with tylenol and sends them in sick.

The majority is not due to sickness. Folks just take their kids out for 3 weeks for vacation. Folks don't send their kids to school when its cold! We have something like a 30% chronic absentee rate for kinder. It is not all sickness. People say that they don't see the point. Parents won't send their kids to school on half days because it is too much work. So many reasons that people miss a lot of school. If you know yours was because of sickness than ignore it. But missing a lot of school EVEN due to illness has a negative impact on your kids ability to learn. I am not saying send in your sick kid, but am saying that it is important to recognize and if your kid is out a ton due to illness that it is good to speak to the school to figure out a way to help them catch up.

You think I didn't do that? I did. The school would not give him any work until he was out for more than 3 days and then it was like one worksheet. Not helpful at all.