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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think school starting will slow down these Rhodes Scholars out there carjacking.[/quote]

Whether these kids are getting an education, school provides kids with a place to go. There are kids on the bubble who will show up to school if it's in session, but if it's not, they'll hang out with whomever is around, including older kids and those who have effectively dropped out.

DCPS also makes more effort to track down and enroll/assist kids they've flagged in the system as at risk during this back to school period. So right now, these parents or guardians are getting more calls/visits from the school, outreach coordinators, CPS, etc., and that can be enough to get a parent/guardian to lean more heavily on a kid to go to school.

You can roll your eyes all you want, but kids in school absolutely results in fewer kids committing crimes, which is better for both the kids and everyone else.

I wish there had been a little more attention to that fact during the pandemic. A lot of people lived in a fantasy land where there were simply no negative externalities from closing schools for as long as we did. I'd like to think some of those people have wised up, but magical thinking can be hard to break through.[/quote]

Curious how DC compares to other cities as we know comparing DC to states is never an appropriate comparison.

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Increase is misleading if the other places have higher absentee issues and it just didn’t rise last year it looks great.

If DC had historically low absenteeism but had an increase it looks bad even if it’s lower than other areas.[/quote]

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