Chronic absenteeism and truancy in DC

[Anonymous]

The final 11th grade grades of the kid who has been using my address for 7+ years came in. Missed 58 days of school. Final GPA 1.84.
Promoted to 12th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The final 11th grade grades of the kid who has been using my address for 7+ years came in. Missed 58 days of school. Final GPA 1.84.
Promoted to 12th grade.

Weird of you to be opening their mail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The final 11th grade grades of the kid who has been using my address for 7+ years came in. Missed 58 days of school. Final GPA 1.84.
Promoted to 12th grade.

Weird of you to be opening their mail.

I sent it back for 7 years. Osse refuses to investigate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
DCPS changed the whole game with their ridiculous excuses to not open schools for a year and a half.

The message was clear: schooling does not matter. Who can blame parents now?

Why are you making excuses for negligent parents? Give them a pass because of COVID which was 4 years ago. It’s OK because if a remote pandemic that has resolved , because they don’t care enough about keeping their kids in school and getting an education.

People like you are part of the problem.

DP. PP isn't excusing the parents' behavior. The point is, that even among negligent parents, there used to be a societal norm that getting up and going to school every day was important for children (and required by law). Even people who were lousy parents by any standard would often be able to make that happen. However, we (as a society, in certain parts of the country) told those parents that missing 18 months of school was not a problem. Assuaging those with the flimsiest theories of risk were more important that children attending school (and let's face it, these kids that aren't going to school now didn't actually participate in remote class work). Society lost the "school attendance is important" norm. Parents got used to not having to bother, and they were told it was all going to be fine. You're going to have to do something dramatic to convince them otherwise, especially now their kids are years behind and not capable of catching up on their own.

I’ve been teaching for over 20 years. Society in the US never had the “school attendance is important” norm. At least not in the communities I’ve taught in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
DCPS changed the whole game with their ridiculous excuses to not open schools for a year and a half.

The message was clear: schooling does not matter. Who can blame parents now?

Why are you making excuses for negligent parents? Give them a pass because of COVID which was 4 years ago. It’s OK because if a remote pandemic that has resolved , because they don’t care enough about keeping their kids in school and getting an education.

People like you are part of the problem.

DP. PP isn't excusing the parents' behavior. The point is, that even among negligent parents, there used to be a societal norm that getting up and going to school every day was important for children (and required by law). Even people who were lousy parents by any standard would often be able to make that happen. However, we (as a society, in certain parts of the country) told those parents that missing 18 months of school was not a problem. Assuaging those with the flimsiest theories of risk were more important that children attending school (and let's face it, these kids that aren't going to school now didn't actually participate in remote class work). Society lost the "school attendance is important" norm. Parents got used to not having to bother, and they were told it was all going to be fine. You're going to have to do something dramatic to convince them otherwise, especially now their kids are years behind and not capable of catching up on their own.

I’ve been teaching for over 20 years. Society in the US never had the “school attendance is important” norm. At least not in the communities I’ve taught in.

This and in the low SES communities in DC who had the highest rates of Covid and Covid related deaths, they were the last ones who were going to support going back to school early.

Having a grandparent was way more important than missing 3 or 6 months of school. No way were they advocating going back anytime soon.