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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Satisfactory attendance is defined as 5% or fewer missed instructional days (be they excused or unexcused absences).

So riffing off 10:34, how many days have your kids missed this year (for any/all reasons)?

My kids:

8th 4
11th 2

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The report card says 7, but the truth is 4. Not worth the effort to fix it. It is like this every year, even in elementary school.[/quote]

This is another good point. The accuracy of the front office at our school is laughable.[/quote]

Totally. I think many of us can say that the absent count on report cards is likely wrong but who wants to take the time to get that figured out unless your child is borderline in some way? Besides, report cards only offer up numbers of tardies and abscences, without any dates or reasons. For instance, if my child had an excused absence, does it still show up in the absences count on the report card? And why aren't absences and tardies part of ASPEN? [/quote]

We were just talking about this issue since I came across my 6th graders report card this weekend. In big font it says 18 Days missed but in looking at the classes she missed max of 7 days in one class, one was 4, one was 2 and the others had 0. She has a Summer bday so dentist once a year for a tardy/early dismissal but other then that she would have been out all day. Annoying. [/quote]

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