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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is so bad at communication. How is it that no one can say for sure what this policy is? [/quote]

Because they wanted to look like they were putting forth a new plan when in actuality, they weren't.

There's been some investments in data platforms with regard to attendance, which supposedly will allow for school-level oversight, monitoring and management of attendance issues, and then, later on, if specific schools have troubling patterns, MCPS might change its policies.

Oh, and the overarching theme is that MCPS is not to blame for chronic absenteeism. The issues are:

1. The pandemic and the lagging youth mental health crisis spurred by it
2. Teachers not creating "inviting" learning environments because they're racist

What they failed to address or acknowledge is MCPS's own systemic failures with regard to safety and security, which permits students to skip class easily, and the MCPS's lax attitude toward consequences for students who skip and know they can get away with it. Because student accountability is apparently a bad word in MCPS circles.

Everything is either the teacher's or the parent's faults. Not theirs.[/quote]

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