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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Chronic absenteeism soared after Covid.

The Maryland average went from 20% in 2018 to 31% in 2022.
Montgomery Country went from 17% in 2018 to 23% in 2022.

For comparison:

The Virginia average went from 11% in 2018 to 20% in 2022.
Fairfax Country went from 9% in 2018 to 15% in 2022.[/quote]

MCPS announced with great fanfare a campaign to address absenteeism at the beginning of the school year. Unfortunately, [b]it unravelled quickly.[/b] I wish the school district would not treat something as important as this like a pr campaign, and instead roll out steady best practices with an eye toward a longitudinal effort, which is the only way something like this can successfully turnaround absenteeism.[/quote]
How did it unravel quickly?[/quote]

Leadership is easily distracted. Even with an issue that the superintendent felt passionately about, anti-racism, except for the anti-racism audit, some lame advisory lessons, and one ridiculously bad professional development session, nothing else occurred. Systemic change cannot take place without a steady commitment.

IMO, the issue that we need to take really seriously in order to raise graduation rates, grades, and test scores, without gimmicks dumbing down the system (e.g., 50% rule), is absenteeism.[/quote]

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