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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][QUOTE]Attendance: Absences from skipping class disqualify for make-up work.[/QUOTE]

How on earth does MCPS plan on identifying, assessing and discerning which absences are legitimately due to skipping and not errors on their part due to subs not knowing how to take attendance, teachers forgetting to do attendance, or tardies being mistakenly marked as absences?

There's no way they have the scale and manpower to do this.[/quote]

As a teacher I can do this by requiring a student submit proof of excused absence when they attempt to turn in the assignment late.  I'm not denying them from doing it.  I'm just denying them from getting credit for it when they can't prove that it was excused.  It's not hard to produce a doctors note, e-mail from guidance, teacher, coach, administrator, etc.  A parent writing a note saying "Student overslept" is not an excused note.[/quote]

You are not living in the real world. My limited emails to the guidance counselor for legitimate things go into the abyss with no response at least half the time. I would never bother them with this. I don’t drag my kid to the doctor (and pay for the visit out of pocket due to my high deductible plan) the second he has a fever/virus, but I do keep him home and treat with rest/fluids. You want an obituary emailed to you if grandma dies and he’s out to attend the funeral?[/quote]

I use the same exact standard that the county uses for athletics.  No doctors note, no participation.  School and county seems 100% on board with supporting that so they have no issue supporting it here as well.[/quote]

This is the standard for athletics because if you go to an appointment and later go to a ball game, you need a doctor’s note.  It’s easy to get because you’re already at the doctor.  If you’re SICK, you shouldn’t be coming later to the ball game.  So you don’t need a doctor’s note because you won’t be participating.  Requiring someone who is sick to go to the doctor and get a note saying they were sick yesterday (rather than just getting a note from a parent) is beyond what the county requires for athletics.  [/quote]

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