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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If this is such a Very Important Issue, other than sending Very Stern Self-Important Emails, what is FCPS doing to engage with parents to make a strong case for why they should lose money and time? It’s a business proposition.[/quote]

Why should schools spend resources trying to convince parents to send their kids to school? It’s not a business; it’s a free public good.

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If it’s a free public good, there would be no problem with my choosing not to avail myself of it for a few days this winter. Since FCPS seems to have money on the line, they can start working harder to make it make sense for those few days to be spent in school. Right now it would be foolish. I welcome them to do better.[/quote]

Agree. Better for the schools to skip the attendance emails and not tie funding to attendance when families do not prioritize their children’s schooling. [/quote]

The fact that there is any significant number of parents (highly educated, UMC etc. etc. as is the demographic of this board) can take their children out to travel or whatever and still get their desired academic results suggests that missing those days is not a big deal.

Now, is it just that the super smarties can miss due to their intelligence and involved parents and not missing more than a day or so in a year is only vital for the merely above average and below, or is "schooling" simply not what it used to be?

As these parents continue to "poo-poo" rigorous school attendance, they may increasingly come to the conclusion that the "free public good" of this kind of school isn't actually up to par.  Perhaps their children need an environment in which missing a chunk of days would have an impact.  [/quote]

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