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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right. There are separate issues at play here:

1. MCPS Attendance System is a mess. It's not always accurate and they don't have a streamlined way to correct errors in the attendance records. This is true, but not really the reason why we're seeing the levels of chronic absenteeism that we're seeing.

2. Many kids are absent with and without their parents knowledge. Those who are absent with their parents' knowledge do so because they might be contributing to the household by watching younger siblings OR working a part-time job that contributes to household income. OR they simply might believe that it's not a big deal to miss "a day or two" of school without realizing how many days their kids are actually racking up. Then there are parents who have NO IDEA their kids are skipping cause they drop their kids off or see their kids going to school, without realizing that some kids go into the building and right back out, or that they're skipping certain classes to hang around in the building.

This is why the data needs to be precise and organized so we can slice and dice the various causes of chronic absenteeism and address them accordingly. In some instances, the absenteeism is the fault of the parents. [b]In others, it's the fault of the school. [/b]But we can't hold the responsible party accountable if the data is a mess.[/quote]

So you are saying that kids are being marked absent with such frequency that show up as chronically absent when they aren't? I really doubt that is the reason.[/quote]

We had one teacher regularly mark our kid absent as they did not speak up and how she wanted thing discussed as there were no grades.  It happened 1-2 times a week.  We could easily prove child was there.   When we confronted her, she refused to fix it and she was the only one who could.  At that point I’d just schedule all appointments during her class as what was the point if they were being marked absent. [/quote]

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