"senioritis"-- is two hours late considered absent for the whole day?

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Anonymous wrote:Who are these parents and who are these kids? Senioritis is a thing and so is Spring semester tiredness. But when did we get to the place that meant folks could just not show up? Maybe maybe slack off a little as in you may not be pushing as hard to get all A’s. Or focusing more attention on finals/ AP exam studying than just normal class.

Exactly. And then people wonder why teachers are leaving the profession. Teachers can’t care more than the students do and clearly, these students don’t care at all. Then DCUM parents complain about teachers and lack of rigor. All of you placating this poster and agreeing with them… you’re the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Who are these parents and who are these kids? Senioritis is a thing and so is Spring semester tiredness. But when did we get to the place that meant folks could just not show up? Maybe maybe slack off a little as in you may not be pushing as hard to get all A’s. Or focusing more attention on finals/ AP exam studying than just normal class.

Exactly. And then people wonder why teachers are leaving the profession. Teachers can’t care more than the students do and clearly, these students don’t care at all. Then DCUM parents complain about teachers and lack of rigor. All of you placating this poster and agreeing with them… you’re the problem.

[Anonymous]

According to the Maryland Department of Education, Maryland Student Records Manual, a student is counted as present for a partial day when they attend 10-50% of the school day. Mote than 50% of the school day is considered full-day attendance.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unhealthy to encourage your daughter's sense of entitlement by indulging in fake diagnoses like "senioritis."

Life is full of things you might not enjoy or feel like doing. Oh well. Part of becoming an adult is learning how to do those things even if you don't necessarily like, want or feel like doing them.

I would instead focus my energies and time on getting to the root of her avoidance behaviors and working with a therapist to overcome those tendencies. Not further indulging them by seeing what loopholes might exist to aid her in skipping out on school.

What, specifically, do you think the OP's child feels entitled to?

To not having to go to school, even though the state compels her to?

But the state doesn't compel her to.

SOURCE: https://www.peoples-law.org/truancy

Compulsory School Attendance
Maryland requires regular school attendance unless a student is excused with a lawful absence. This applies to all children 5 years and older and under the age of 18, who live in the state. There are limited exceptions and exemptions to this requirement. Learn more about compulsory school attendance.

Yes, there's a legal requirement. What happens if she doesn't follow it?

You do know that many kids don't graduate, right? Otherwise, graduation rates would be 100% for the county.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unhealthy to encourage your daughter's sense of entitlement by indulging in fake diagnoses like "senioritis."

Life is full of things you might not enjoy or feel like doing. Oh well. Part of becoming an adult is learning how to do those things even if you don't necessarily like, want or feel like doing them.

I would instead focus my energies and time on getting to the root of her avoidance behaviors and working with a therapist to overcome those tendencies. Not further indulging them by seeing what loopholes might exist to aid her in skipping out on school.

What, specifically, do you think the OP's child feels entitled to?

To not having to go to school, even though the state compels her to?

But the state doesn't compel her to.

SOURCE: https://www.peoples-law.org/truancy

Compulsory School Attendance
Maryland requires regular school attendance unless a student is excused with a lawful absence. This applies to all children 5 years and older and under the age of 18, who live in the state. There are limited exceptions and exemptions to this requirement. Learn more about compulsory school attendance.

Yes, there's a legal requirement. What happens if she doesn't follow it?

You do know that many kids don't graduate, right? Otherwise, graduation rates would be 100% for the county.

Will the OP's child's senioritis-related absences cause non-graduation? It doesn't seem so.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unhealthy to encourage your daughter's sense of entitlement by indulging in fake diagnoses like "senioritis."

Life is full of things you might not enjoy or feel like doing. Oh well. Part of becoming an adult is learning how to do those things even if you don't necessarily like, want or feel like doing them.

I would instead focus my energies and time on getting to the root of her avoidance behaviors and working with a therapist to overcome those tendencies. Not further indulging them by seeing what loopholes might exist to aid her in skipping out on school.

A therapist?!? Holy fückballs senioritis is a “disease” as old as time and completely normal.

God I hope your post was satire and I just missed it…

"Senioritis" is something only spoiled, white American families indulge in. As a child of immigrants, "deciding" to not go to school or give no effort as a senior in high school was not an option I was allowed to indulge in or entertain.

Oh well. Sucks to be you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought you could no longer fail based on not showing up?

Once you surpass a set threshold for a quarter, you automatically fail all classes.

This is outdated information. It is not true anymore. Attendance counts for nothing these days.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unhealthy to encourage your daughter's sense of entitlement by indulging in fake diagnoses like "senioritis."

Life is full of things you might not enjoy or feel like doing. Oh well. Part of becoming an adult is learning how to do those things even if you don't necessarily like, want or feel like doing them.

I would instead focus my energies and time on getting to the root of her avoidance behaviors and working with a therapist to overcome those tendencies. Not further indulging them by seeing what loopholes might exist to aid her in skipping out on school.

What, specifically, do you think the OP's child feels entitled to?

To not having to go to school, even though the state compels her to?

But the state doesn't compel her to.

SOURCE: https://www.peoples-law.org/truancy

Compulsory School Attendance
Maryland requires regular school attendance unless a student is excused with a lawful absence. This applies to all children 5 years and older and under the age of 18, who live in the state. There are limited exceptions and exemptions to this requirement. Learn more about compulsory school attendance.

Yes, there's a legal requirement. What happens if she doesn't follow it?

You do know that many kids don't graduate, right? Otherwise, graduation rates would be 100% for the county.

Because they drop out not because they flunk out

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's unhealthy to encourage your daughter's sense of entitlement by indulging in fake diagnoses like "senioritis."

Life is full of things you might not enjoy or feel like doing. Oh well. Part of becoming an adult is learning how to do those things even if you don't necessarily like, want or feel like doing them.

I would instead focus my energies and time on getting to the root of her avoidance behaviors and working with a therapist to overcome those tendencies. Not further indulging them by seeing what loopholes might exist to aid her in skipping out on school.

What, specifically, do you think the OP's child feels entitled to?

To not having to go to school, even though the state compels her to?

But the state doesn't compel her to.

SOURCE: https://www.peoples-law.org/truancy

Compulsory School Attendance
Maryland requires regular school attendance unless a student is excused with a lawful absence. This applies to all children 5 years and older and under the age of 18, who live in the state. There are limited exceptions and exemptions to this requirement. Learn more about compulsory school attendance.

Yes, there's a legal requirement. What happens if she doesn't follow it?

You do know that many kids don't graduate, right? Otherwise, graduation rates would be 100% for the county.

Will the OP's child's senioritis-related absences cause non-graduation? It doesn't seem so.

They do not want her back next year.

[Anonymous]

When you log into parentvue, you can see attendance stats. My kid's bar graph shows a ton of absences for 1st and 2nd, and the height of bars declines as you go through the day. FWIW, she has migraines and insomnia and all of these are mom-approved absences.

At most MCPS schools, absences don't matter, particularly if excused with a note. Schools are trying to take attendance more seriously, and I keep expecting something (an email home, a request for doc note) but nothing so far. If you are excusing her medically, I think that's the worst that would happen-- requesting a doctor's note on absences going forward or something like that. (Nothing retroactive.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you log into parentvue, you can see attendance stats. My kid's bar graph shows a ton of absences for 1st and 2nd, and the height of bars declines as you go through the day. FWIW, she has migraines and insomnia and all of these are mom-approved absences.

At most MCPS schools, absences don't matter, particularly if excused with a note. Schools are trying to take attendance more seriously, and I keep expecting something (an email home, a request for doc note) but nothing so far. If you are excusing her medically, I think that's the worst that would happen-- requesting a doctor's note on absences going forward or something like that. (Nothing retroactive.)

The state is trying to take it more seriously this year. Howard County started sending home letters that go onto the students' records when a student is something like more than 10% absent at any point. Is the MCPS method of ignoring absences working?

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Anonymous wrote:When you log into parentvue, you can see attendance stats. My kid's bar graph shows a ton of absences for 1st and 2nd, and the height of bars declines as you go through the day. FWIW, she has migraines and insomnia and all of these are mom-approved absences.

At most MCPS schools, absences don't matter, particularly if excused with a note. Schools are trying to take attendance more seriously, and I keep expecting something (an email home, a request for doc note) but nothing so far. If you are excusing her medically, I think that's the worst that would happen-- requesting a doctor's note on absences going forward or something like that. (Nothing retroactive.)

The state is trying to take it more seriously this year. Howard County started sending home letters that go onto the students' records when a student is something like more than 10% absent at any point. Is the MCPS method of ignoring absences working?

MCPS has been doing that.
You have no idea of what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

OP, I think you need to consider that your daughter might be having some health issues.

How many times has she had covid? Maybe she has long covid.

Could she have mono?

Does she have allergies?

Migraines?

She seems to be complaining about health issues and you are blowing her off. Have you at least taken her to the doctor?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought you could no longer fail based on not showing up?

Once you surpass a set threshold for a quarter, you automatically fail all classes.

This is outdated information. It is not true anymore. Attendance counts for nothing these days.

Not true. Attendance is required, but missed classes can be made up later in detention at 1:1 time equivalency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I think you need to consider that your daughter might be having some health issues.

How many times has she had covid? Maybe she has long covid.

Could she have mono?

Does she have allergies?

Migraines?

She seems to be complaining about health issues and you are blowing her off. Have you at least taken her to the doctor?

Yes. Here is the full diagnostic report: