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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not MCPS but parents know that nothing will happen if their kid has uneducated absences. I’ve had a student who has missed the equivalent of one school year in the last three years. Nothing has happened. Apparently there are worse cases so get in line. Not surprisingly, this student is below grade level. This is the typical line I get at parent conferences- “Larla doesn’t like to go to school.” Oh yeah? Well it is your job as a parent to send her whether she likes it or not. I would rather stay home and play on my tablet all day too. [b]Most of my conferences end up as us giving out parenting advice[/b]. [/quote]

Not a bad idea. Not every parent knows they can come to DCUM for advice about how to handle these issues. But there are some great tips for motivating kids on various forums here. Keep passing them on.

Meanwhile, do you ever ask WHY the child dislikes school? The answers could be surprising and might inform your own practices as a teacher or policies your school puts in place. A friend taught in a high-poverty, high-trauma HS in Chicago that began PD 1 each day with an Exhale. Students could vent for 15 min about whatever was troubling them. Within two months, tardies decreased, referrals for disrespect and fighting dipped, and teachers reported students were more engaged. Total cost: $0. But they did need 100% buy in. Accordingly, the teachers who refused to do it had their schedules changed so that they no longer taught PD 1. They didn’t have to do the Exhale, but they also didn’t have their planning period adjacent to their lunch (a nice 75 min block to run errands) or at the end of the school day. A few were made enough to transfer at the end of the year.[/quote]

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