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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And how will struggling families manage all of your suggested fines?  More than likely kids will drop out as soon as possible.[/quote]

The struggling families will  not pay any fine if their students show up for school. Simple.

The idea is to not pay the fine, no?[/quote]

It sounds simple to you. It's not simple in reality. There are lots of reasons why kids from struggling schools miss school, most of which are not "because they just didn't feel like it that day". If you didn't go to school because your housing situation is unstable or you had to go interpret for your parent at a government office or you had to stay home and watch your baby relative or ... how will a fine make you more likely to go to school?[/quote]

The reality is that there are many valid reasons for missing school and these will be excused absences no doubt.  However, if there are fines associated with absentism then the parents will make alternate arrangements and act like parents. This is the price to pay for being in America. [/quote]

But school is free childcare.  It isn't really needed in their eyes[/quote]

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