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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to clarify with the issue of parents saying they don't correct their kids being mistakenly being marked absent, the issue isn't that parents aren't making an effort to correct the records.

The issue is when showing that their school's attendance rates might not be where they would like it, they come with the excuse, "oh well, they make mistakes in taking attendance"

Same thing when showing low proficiency rates, "oh my kid had a bad day and is why they got a low test score..."[/quote]

I know my kid was at school yesterday taking a test all day.  Got an email saying they were absent.  Not fixing it.  [/quote]

Okay, so you're saying that the attendance numbers for MCPS isn't as bad due to inaccurate attendance taking.

So that means maybe chronic absenteeism isn't as big of an issue at MCPS as people make it out to be?

Then what is the reason for MCPS's declining proficiency rates, where it trails other local school systems?  Then what is the solution to help fix it?[/quote]

I think its about 50-50.  There are a lot of students skipping school and going in late, but I know I get about 6-10, maybe more, absent or late calls a year for each of my kids and I know they are at school (I track them and they text me for even things like fire drills).  I used to correct it, but once I had to email the teacher, and a few others, and it was a drama, so after that I gave up.  The teacher confirmed it but it wasn't good enough.  We got a call on Friday and I know they were in testing, so no, I'm not going to fix it.  It happens a lot with in-school activities outside of class when the teacher doesn't notify the other teacher and testing days.[/quote]

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