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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are SN, and I would push them out of their comfort zones to get that 75 hours SSL done. Probably I have to accompany them and helping them at the beginning due to their social skill deficit, lack of executive functioning skills and anxieties. I do not think it is a waste of time, and I kind of like this idea as a real life learning experiences to some extent probably in my situations. They may not do a good job compared to other volunteers , but at least they learn something out of it. [/quote]

And that's great that you have the time in your day to accompany your children to complete those 75 SSL hours required to graduate.   I would suspect that most parents do not.

To me, it's ridiculous that a quarter of seniors may not graduate because they didn't do their SSL hours, when many affluent kids get SSL from "volunteering" for high cost camps they attended in past summers or their own swim/sports teams...

My kid got 10 SSL hours just from attending Outdoor Ed in 6th grade and another 10 hours for attending English class in 7th grade.  What's the point of having these SSL requirements and counting things kids are required to do anyway?    It seems like MCPS is trying to have it both ways by requiring kids to do "service" but recognizing that many kids don't have 75 hours of meaningful service opportunities and gifting them hours so they graduate...

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