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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who wants to get these hours completed can.  There are plenty of places for tweens/teens to volunteer between Maryland/DC/Virginia, including plenty that can be accessed by public transportation(bus, train, combination).  There are plenty of in school opportunities between ES/MS/HS.  There are even virtual opportunities.  The fact that folks on here are complaining is further evidence of kids being too coddled.[/quote]

It’s forced child labor.  It shouldn’t be a requirement, and the parents on here defending this policy don’t have working brains in their heads.[/quote]

Is homework also forced labor?  Maybe school in general is??[/quote]

Homework is not the same as community service. Courts use community service as a punishments. Summer camps pay camp counselors unless it’s for student service hours then it’s free labor. And since the state requires it, it is forced labor.

But we’re going to give it a shiny feel good title and call it “student service learning”! That makes it real nice.

And yes, my kids are finished with their hours. I had to drive them all over the county and beyond to get the hours done. We had to buy materials and food for some of these hours. I’m privileged to have the resources to do so but I can see how many families don’t and this wonderful student service learning is actually a burden.[/quote]

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