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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People this is not about taking a vacation. This one has nothing to do with wealthy kids.

This is a school system completely dropping the ball and giving out fake diplomas. The kids that skipped half the semester in Chemistry did not make up all the labs or pass the exam. The student who skipped 47 English classes or 50 Algebra classes was not making it up on their own by reading at the library or doing Khan academy.

It is the combined problem of ignoring truancy AND making teachers give fraudulent grades.

40% of Einstein students had excessive unexcused absences. This is not a one off situation but a systemic failure of the school system. Don't let them ignore it or deflect away from the problem. [/quote]

Yup this happens in any low income area

Since this is mainly an UMC board the options are

1.  Enforce the laws and increase the hs dropout rate to 50% plus at these schools... do you know how hard it is to get a job without a hs diploma these days.  it's almost impossible you are setting a kid up to become a warden of the state costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars

2.  Turn a blind eye and give the kid a piece of paper so they have a shot at being successful

If people actually care about fighting poverty (That's really what's going on here)  Policy changes need to be made much earlier before birth in some cases

Remember the average reading level of an American is below 7th grade now that means 50% of the US can't handle high school material.  So technically the hs graduation rate should be under 50% but seeing option 1 and 2 what would you choose

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