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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please point me to policy in writing about these forced after school detentions?  Is FCPS actually providing instruction during this time so that they can count it towards instructional hours?

This thread is the first I've ever heard of it.  I am wondering if this is just MAGA rumor to bash FCPS.   [/quote]

I cannot find any info about this on the fcps website, but here is what I received via email from my HS on 10/9/25. They make it sound optional, but I know of parents who have been harassed about this and constantly pressured to have their students participate, and the school did not make it sound optional

"Attendance Recovery Procedures 2025/2026

Students can earn attendance hours by staying after school with a teacher.  There are a few requirements this year that are changes from last year, so please take note.

Students must be staying with a teacher (does not have to be one of their teachers)
Recovery time must be outside of the student’s school hours
If a student has a partial schedule or off-campus waiver, they MAY recover time during those periods they would otherwise be off
Students must be working on one of the following:
Academic course work (their own OR supporting another student i.e. tutoring, writing center, etc.) 
Graduation requirement items (CPR, SOL prep, College and Career Readiness)
MLL language acquisition activities (Multilanguage Learners)
IEP support/goals (Special Education Students)
*Notable hours that will not count this year include sports/team practice hours and after school performances that are required for a course (example, an evening chorus or band concert).  Additionally, only extracurricular clubs/activities can count IF it supports one of the above requirements.  For example, MLL students may have more flexibility earning hours for a social activity IF they are required to interact in English, whereas those hours would not count for students who are native English speakers.

Another big change this year: STUDENTS CAN LOG THEIR OWN HOURS!  Simply go to http://bit.ly/RECOVERYLOG and submit the google form.  The teacher supervising the recovery hours will receive an email to verify.  Every teacher’s door name/schedule sign has the attendance recovery link posted. "[/quote]

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