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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.reddit.com/r/washdc/comments/171c5me/comment/k3ps1c5/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3[/quote]
Thank you for posting a link to the article. I was most disturbed by the 12 year old who said one of his goals was just to survive to adulthood.

It pisses me off to no end that there is this massive crisis happening with young kids dying every day and many others spending their days contemplating their mortality while nothing is done to protect them from the violence. Instead, what is getting prioritized are dead dogs, bike lanes, ebike vouchers.

Apparently the important stakeholders in this city are concerned that their dog could’ve died or their kid could’ve been the one that got hit by a car, but are not so concerned about the kids who spend their days worrying about dodging bullets.[/quote]

DC needs to come to grips with the reality that there is no longer an educational path for thousands of teen AA kids. An already uphill battle was completely derailed during the ill advised school shutdowns.  Truancy rates are through the roof.  No amount of tutoring or enrichment will get these kids anywhere near earning a diploma worth the paper it is written on.  These kids need to be immediately identified and put on a vocational track. Otherwise they will have no alternative to crime to provide for themselves.  [/quote]

THIS. And they have to be gotten back in schools for that to work. That truancy was not a HUGE focus of Bowser for this school year was shocking to me, esp with a lot of violent crime committed by juveniles during the school day last year, or when schools were delayed. The human toll on individuals is unacceptable and the societal toll of the status quo is horrific. [/quote]

I understand that we don't enforce truancy laws because the punishment (e.g., incarcerating the parents of the truant child) is viewed as worse than the child not receiving an education.  I would propose repealing truancy laws (which really were put in place when the social fabric was different and folks could be shamed into sending their kids to school) and replacing them with financial incentives for academic performance by lower-SES students.  Basically, replace the stick with a carrot.  [/quote]

Measured by what achievement standard?  DCPS already seems watered down.[/quote]

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