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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, so I'm no genius. How do you actually carrot-and-stick the kids to show up at school? That sounds like the biggest thing.[/quote] Honestly, you contact the parents and make sure they understand that they are committing educational neglect. And that they risk losing custody of their children if they continue keeping their kids out of school. And you figure out why it's happening and offer supports (safe passage or clothing or food) if that's what is needed. The city is so afraid to do that, but the consequence is that completely innocent children and dropping out of school in MIDDLE SCHOOL and have no future laid out in front of them. That is not OK. The kids are obviously much worse off in that case. Watch the video of interviews with kids -- the one who said being a kid means either dying young or dying later. That's seriously the future they are for themselves.[/quote]
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