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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if MCPS is considering bringing back loss of credit for unexcused absences and tardies? For the past several years—but this year in particular— we have 100s of students in the hall during passing periods. My school is over 2,000 students. Admin refuses to address the problem. Teachers are burnt out from trying to get the kids out of the halls and into classrooms. Nothing is working. Over the summer, students risked loss of credit for unexcused absences and (shocker) kids were concerned about getting to class everyday on time. Parents… Is there no concern that we have this many kids in the hallway unsupervised? Bathrooms closed so kids don’t congregate and vape? MCPS has literally set the bar on the floor with the 50% rule. Kids can pass as long as they are in class. Why does MCPS ignore this very real problem that impacts the safety and functionality of our school system on a day to day basis? [/quote] This has been my dream for several years now!! I teach HS in MCPS and I hate it!!! So do all the teachers that I know. I literally have a student with a 0% who has attended my class 4 times this quarter who decided to show up on Friday and ask me what he can do to pass my class. He also asked me when my planning periods are so I can help him complete the work. He knows the game. So do many savvy students. If he comes to see me during my planning, I will definitely have a last minute meeting. I refuse to help a student who has come to my class 4 times. Because there’s no rule for losing credit due to lack of attendance, it falls on teachers and maybe supportive Admin to tell students - sorry. They may or may not take that for an answer. Same with their parents. When my school talks about attendance in staff meetings, it’s always about lack of resources and lack of support as the reason students don’t attend. That’s true for some students, but I would say for most, the reason they don’t attend is because there are no consequences, so why should they? They’re not intrinsically motivated…. Also, what about the CE rule? I have students I haven’t seen since before winter break. They earned a C for quarter 1 and they know they have already passed for the semester so we won’t expect to see them again until February. Why can’t the BOE open their eyes and make some changes!?! I wish more people would speak up. [/quote] Then life is the consequence which is what society actually tells us they want tonne the consequence. We don’t want these folks in class, we don’t want to build enough classrooms and alternative education programs, we don’t want to pay teachers or greatly improve teacher and administrator training programs, we don’t want to fully fund mental health and healthcare generally, and now we’re afraid to tell kids you fail the class not just because of lack of attendance but failure to meet any of the markers that indicates you know the content. So then life is the consequence.[/quote]
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