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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=NathanBacaABC7][quote=Anonymous]Why didn't they fake attendance? Why aren't kids kicked out of the school when they have so many unexcused absences? I can see plenty of parents walking them right back in the next day.[/quote]

DCPS policy states after 10 absences a class, they get a "failure from absence" grade. 30 unexcused absences in a year nets a final failing grade. But those records are not cross-checked with transcipts to see if those policies are being violated. The Chancellor says that changed after the story broke and is in effect this school year.[/quote]

So we should expect to see faking of attendance records in the future. [/quote]

Yes, we already have this. If a student puts a foot in the door, then walks out they have to be marked present. In fact this is a good issue to ask our reporter to follow up on... please get clarification from DCPS on how long a student must remain in a class to be marked present. We are all now required to mark attendance in the first 5 mins of class period, if the student walks out and doesn't come back they are still considered present! [/quote]

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