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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My problem is the uniform treatment given to a failing student with 20 absences and a straight A student with 6. The tone and lecture I receive when I pick up my child early from school is absurd and they can pound sand. I am the parent and will do as I see fit. [/quote]

It has nothing to do with grades.  To many absences and the school can get investigated by the state.[/quote]

The fact that attendance is put on the schools is ridiculous. Parents control this. Schools cannot force kids to come to school. [/quote]

But in theory they can force teachers to do so? Don’t have high-volume sub days (which are public information) because your staff wants to get cheaper flights to their families, but then send a screed when the parents want to. Hypocrisy isn’t a good way to get people to trust you.[/quote]

I don't understand this post.  States don't set attendance standards for teachers, they do for students.  That's the focus, who cares about where trust falls in that equation?  Teachers earn leave and can take it like any other profession.  [/quote]

The message says:

“Our teachers will be teaching, and our students will be learning. But it’s harder to teach and it’s harder to learn when too many students are absent.”

But parents know it a lie because of all the subs. Most workplaces have policies which guide when employees can use their earned leave— so make a policy that says no personal days in the week before winter break. Then we’ll know they care about “teachers teaching”[/quote]

Once again, schools have to meet certain requirements for students attendance.  If your kid doesn't go to school it hurts that school and in return it hurts your community.  On their worst days schools will have 10-15% of their teachers out, which means the vast majority of teachers are there doing what the school is asking of them.  Schools need to build trust with their community so that they can get buy-in from the stakeholders.  [b]The best schools are the schools with the most community support.  Building trust is not about convincing you to participate in the system,[/b] that is a standard and an expectation.  None of these things apply to the families that are missing less than 5 days a year, it is for the families whose students miss enough school to be considered chronically absent.  The definition of chronically absent is a standard set by the state government.  If your student hasn't missed school this year and you want to take them out a few days, then take them out.  If they have then don't.  [/quote]

I think shouting at parents that they shouldn’t be influenced by the cost of seeing their families with 15% of teachers out of the building is a pretty poor way to build trust. How do you suggest schools become more credible on the issue of attendance?[/quote]

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