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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe school districts are responsible to ensure kids attend school.  That is a parenting issue.  I'm sorry, but why waste money on some kind of plan?  Parents can send their kids or not.  [/quote]

Yes, agree with this. Why should schools care at this point. Honestly, the ones who are chronically absent are probably the ones who are causing problems at the school so the more they're absent, the better. [/quote]

Not really, cause then they're out in the community pushing drugs, robbing stores or carjacking.

Keeping kids in school is a public safety and community wellbeing issue and we all should care about it. This selfish mindset is why we're in the mess that we're in right now.[/quote]

What do you expect the schools to do?  For most of these kids (and their parents), they don't care what punishment is enforced. And honestly, why should my kid suffer having to deal with these kids at school when most of them don't even want to be there. My kid actually wants to learn unlike them.  [/quote]

You should care for multiple reasons. These kids are part of our community and having kids mature into adults with no marketable skills is not good for anyone. Also, kids being absent a lot puts more stress on teachers because there is pressure to help these kids make up lost learning so these teachers are less available for your kid. Finally, teachers are under a lot of pressure to pass these kids which ultimately devalues the MCPS HS diploma[/quote]

Tell me what "we" the parents of kids who care about school, should do to help make the kids who are chronically absent go to school. Like I said, all I can do is worry about my child; and really, as someone with a kid in ES, MS, and HS, I can tell you that teachers are not stressed out about absent kids.  All they do (or can do) is give them a barely passing grade. This is hurting the chronically absent kids more than anyone.  At some point, people need to take accountability for their OWN actions; and sorry but someone with no marketable skills isn't going to impact me or my child; now or in the future. We might not even be living here once my kid graduates high school. [/quote]

Teachers are stressed out by chronic absenteeism. I know because I am a HS teacher. I have kids pop back into class the last couple weeks of the quarter and beg to make up enough work to pass or even get a C. There is a lot of pressure from counselors and administrators to help these kids pass. It is exhausting and frustrating and seems unfair to other students who come every day but might still have a C or D. [/quote]

Yes! I'm so tired of my kids teachers being chronically absent![/quote]

I know it's funny. At my kids schools their teachers are out far more than any students.[/quote]

I think many of the teachers at my kid's school are out at least once a week too. So they're absent about 20% of the time.[/quote]

We had two teachers in MS out at least twice a week.  Really bad year.[/quote]

In my experience the teachers are also absent more than any kids I know.[/quote]

Here, folks, is the lazy parent in its natural habitat. Every single post about kids doing something wrong becomes “NEENER NEENER — teachers do it worse!!!”

Grow so very much up.[/quote]

I'm a DP, but am curious. If it's not important for teachers to have regular attendance, why should it be important for kids?

Of course, the answer is that it's important for both, but people like you won't admit that. [/quote]
Teachers do get leave time. They also get sucked into IEP meetings and other stuff keeping them out of classrooms.[/quote]

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