Absences on report card

[Anonymous]

DDs middle school report card has many more absences listed than what is true. Anyone else notice this?

[Anonymous]

Was she a sixth grader?

Mine was marked excused absent for Outdoor Ed and Junior Achievement although she was present.

[Anonymous]

OP - yes she was in 6th and outdoor ed would make sense. But they didn’t distinguish between unexcused and excused so it looks like just a bunch of absences for the second semester.

[Anonymous]

OP, My son's MS report card showed him absent 4-5 times from MP 4 (depending on the class). We figured out the 5:
- 1 day of illness (during PARCC)
- 1 day from 3 classes to make up PARCC
- 3 all day field trips

You can also look on the my MCPS portal under "Attendance" and see the days/codes used for absences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was she a sixth grader?

Mine was marked excused absent for Outdoor Ed and Junior Achievement although she was present.

She was "accounted for" but technically missed class. It's how MCPS defines "attendance"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - yes she was in 6th and outdoor ed would make sense. But they didn’t distinguish between unexcused and excused so it looks like just a bunch of absences for the second semester.

Do you think the number is accurate, and just weren't expecting to see excused absences on the report card? Or do you think there are more absences than is accurate?

[Anonymous]

Also you have to consider the end of the year activities if the school had something like a field day or something. Attendance might not have been entered in correctly. As well as PARCC testing.