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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Turns out that if the leadership sends the message that showing up to school isn’t that important for learning, people listen. [/quote]

What are you talking about? The super just sent out a message emphasizing the importance of attendance.

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DP here - Where have you been the past few years? For me, it was the year where they basically told us school only has to be 4 days/week.

Also, the calendar is not designed by someone whose priority is having kids in school every day. Otherwise there wouldn’t be mid week holidays and teacher workdays all over the place. [/quote]

Aah I see you are still triggered by the response to the pandemic. And you don’t like equitable holidays either [/quote]

“It's become increasingly clear that chronic absenteeism—having more than doubled since the 2018-19 school year—is a growing concern that aligns with state and national trends.”

So yeah, something in the response to the pandemic has made people stop caring about school attendance. I think that’s pretty clear. Also, when you have days off midweek people are more likely to take an extra day or two and go on vacation.

Even if you agree with the 4 day virtual weeks we had in 20-21 and all of the religious holidays/teacher workdays you should recognize that these decisions have consequences. [/quote]

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