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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The automated messages fail on multiple fronts:

1. They're not always accurate. I can't count the number of times my kid was actually in class but the sub just doesn't know how to manage the electronic attendance and just does it on paper instead of in the system, which triggers the automated alert.

2. It doesn't, to OP's point, distinguish between excused or unexcused absences. So even when I've taken the effort to call or email the school ahead of time, I'm still hit with the message, which assumes I'm unaware that my child was absent that day.

MCPS has no idea what its doing when it comes to attendance and these automated alerts are actually hurting and not helping, since they are dumb and often inaccurate.[/quote]

The alert you’re describing is different from what OP is describing.   [/quote]

I realized that after I re-read the post.

I don't know if the messages OP is getting are automated like the daily ones I was referencing. My kid has not been absent enough to receive them, but if they are, I think my overarching point that automation isn't likely to help with absenteeism is valid.[/quote]

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