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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At my high school we were told today there will be a lot more individual family outreach to get kids back in school.

We were also told, that any kids that don't show up for 10 days are going to unenrolled automatically.  "must be" rather than can be".   Staff are going to have more pressure to keep attendance accurate.  Contact counselors after three days of absence.[/quote]
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I know people this plan does nothing, but what folks don’t see is how terrible our data actually is. Teachers don’t take attendance consistently, administrators don’t consistently follow up with teachers who aren’t, counselors aren’t following up with families, and families play a game to turn in excuse notes or show up once in a while so they don’t get unenrolled. This first part of improving the situation is to actually use the existing system correctly and consistently. I see more places where individuals (teachers, counselors, admin) are going to be held accountable for correctly doing their part, which includes more follow up with families and students about why they are missing school.

Also, the state changed the unenroll timeframe from 15 days to 10 days, which helps with actual accountability for students and families. If they can’t be bothered to get to school, then after two weeks, it’s not the school’s problem.[/quote]

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