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[quote=Anonymous]I posted above. We have to include all of our students on our annual SLO and we cannot exempt students who have poor attendance. I guess think we should be doing more about their attendance. I have 3 students who were retained in first grade last year. Each one of them has missed more than 180 days of school from pre-k until last year. In 3 years, they’ve racked up more than 180 of school absences. They won’t meet the target in my SLO and that could cause me not to get a raise. There is nothing I can do about it. We have a FT person to deal with students like this since we have so many of them. It used to annoy me but the longer I work there, the more I realize that the kids have no control over their lives. When they do show up, we pay a lot of attention to them since they are starving for it. I cannot imagine what it is like for them. Academically, they are far behind. It would be like us going to a movie and then leafing after 10 minutes and then returning for 10 minutes and then leaving for 15 minutes for the entire movie. At the end, we would have no idea what the movie was about. Neither do these kids. They are very appreciative of everything though. The little things in my treasure box make their day as do any holiday candies, etc. They are sweet kids stuck with parents who don’t deserve them. I wish I could bring them home with me even just sometimes. [/quote]

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