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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am sure there is an issue but I also know that my kids often have unexcused absences that were entered wrong that no one bothers to correct.  Sometimes we do not even know till we get the report card.  Or we get an email and it is a field trip or sports.[/quote]

Don't make excuses.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/can-you-skip-47-days-of-english-class-and-still-graduate-from-high-school/2019/05/25/be3318ca-1b84-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html?utm_term=.a076946cf709

This has been going on for a LONG time. Someone had the balls to bring it to the surface.

This is how it works:

[quote]In Montgomery, educators in a string of high schools have told The Post that attendance practices are lax, vague or inconsistent. Some say they feel pressured to give makeup work, extend deadlines, excuse assignments or find other ways to help repeatedly absent students pass — and that the problem is not just a matter of seniors’ losing interest as their high school days wind down.[/quote]

So yes, a kid can miss instruction but teachers are FORCED to re-teach/re-assess, which pulls the responsibility away from the kid.  And how much learning can be done through "tutoring?"  Do you really think that Jo Jo, who's absent 3/5 days each week, is learning?  even WITH "re-teaching?"

absolutely disgusting!

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Teachers are supposed to reteach and reassess anyway. If a child is missing 3 days a week consistently, do you think the biggest concern they are facing is how to make up missed instruction?

Address whatever the root cause is!

When I taught high school, I had sisters miss AM classes because it was only safe to sleep after a predatory adult male in the home had left for work. A student was responsible for watching her 5 younger siblings while the parents worked nights. Sometimes the parents were too exhausted to takeover in the morning so she had to get the little ones to school at 9 am, making her miss first block. [/quote]

OK - look

I have over 25 years in this system teaching in high FARMs/high ESOL schools. I'm sure you can name them.  MS-13?  lol - just another part of my crew - And it high school, they can get ugly very quickly.

So [b]we KNOW the root causes[/b].  Why do you think those teachers were anonymous when they shared their experiences?

The procedures around re-teaching/re-assessing and total BS with attendance and with grades were mandated b/c the county REFUSED to fail minority students b/c numbers were high at the challenging schools. At the wealthy schools, the county didn't want to fight lawsuits for unethical absences.  So the kids were placed in IIS (formerly HHT) and they returned with doctors' notes from some highly unethical practitioners.

I'm done with excuses.  I've discussed ROOT CAUSES until I was blue in the face.  I'm NOT the problem, and I refuse to be the scapegoat. This is why teachers shut down. This is why instruction is uninspiring.  How much longer can this go on?

I'm glad someone leaked this information! I hope more and more people stand up for what's right.

Kids aren't learning. It's a joke.  As are BS. If Johnny can earn an A for being absent 40% of the time b/c a teacher was FORCED to re-teach/re-assess, the A is meaningless.  why?  b/c it's not ONLY about the content

It's about responsibility[quote] and academic ENDURANCE and ethics.  Do you think we're graduating kids who possess these qualities?  I don't.

STOP MAKING EXCUSES! [/quote]

Knowing the root cause is not the same as addressing it. What have you actually done, either personally or as part of a group to help students overcome the reasons they miss classes? [/quote]

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