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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher here are legit reasons that a kid might be absent from the classroom and get marked absent by mistake.  Attendance, behavioral or emotional issues can exacerbate these:
1. Make up testing
2. Meetings with guidance.
3. Meetings with admin
4. Meetings for therapy (speech pathologist, in school therapist, etc.)
5. Field trips
6. Late to class but marked absent since the teacher forgot to change it. Lates are often due to meeting with a teacher after class.

Theoretically, these should not be absences but it really hard to keep up with for attendance secretaries and teachers.[/quote]

#1 was a big issue for Parcc/Mcap and then Map-r/m immediately after. There were students marked absent who were present and vice versa. Once the office marks a child absent, I can’t override it, even if I see the child sitting in her seat. I do email both the parent and the attendance secretary to let them know the discrepancy.  If the parent doesn’t push, it never gets fixed. [/quote]

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