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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just received an official notice that my junior is at jeopardy of failing due to her unlawful absences the quarter.  Absence #1 school sponsored field trip.  Absence #2 AP exam,  Absence #3 Doctors appointment, write a note, school called to confirm it, absences was marked for the day before.  I am allowed to appeal using some form I can apparently find on line.  I will not take the time to do that.  Not being able to accurately track attendance is just as much of a problem.[/quote]
I am 100% sure that all of the high schools are looking closely at their attendance marking procedures. There are all sorts of problems, but until the state started counting the chronic absences, it didn't really matter. One of the reasons why Loss of Credit isn't automatic is because schools know that there are so many mistakes with coding. On the teacher's end, we can only mark present, absent, tardy unexcused, tardy excused. A student missing more than 20 min of class is absent (arriving late or leaving early). Student arrives tardy after I took attendance, but I don't see them? Absent. Student arrives with a pass from counseling with 10 minutes left? Absent. Student athlete checks in and then leaves for an away game after 5 minutes? Absent. Pep Rally? Absent. There are dozens of legitimate reasons a student might not be in class, but if the person responsible for them during that time doesn't put documentation into the attendance office, and the attendance office doesn't code it correctly, there is nothing the teacher can do.[/quote]

These notices aren’t new. I get a million of them a year along with a daily notice that my child was marked absent in some of all of his classes. He has medical issues and is out of school more often than in. [/quote]

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