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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the coronavirus shutdown situation is really illuminating the fact that we are expecting schools (and barely anything else) to solve all the problems of poverty. [/quote]

I've worked in both very high FARMS schools (my current school is 90+% FARMS) and very wealthy schools (less than 5% FARMS) and poor parenting occurs everywhere. I do agree that the same students who have issues during the school year are also having them now. I have a student who has a train wreck of a family. Her mom never signed her up for kindergarten and nobody knew until the spring when a social worker visited because of chronic absences with the older kids. The student started school and then repeated kindergarten. She has missed at least 50-60 days of school per year every year she has been in school. The older siblings are the same. Lots of discipline issues at school too. Even our social worker cannot get the parents to answer the door after attempting contact via phone, text, etc. Neighbors have seen all of the kids roaming the neighborhood. It is so sad. [/quote]

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