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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, Jackson Reed is high. Maybe that's how it stays over-capacity-a 1/3 of the kids aren't there on any given day?[/quote]

We've talked about this before...how poor they are at keeping track. My kid was marked absent on the first day of school for first period even though they weren't required to show up. We've been referred to the court before even though I had proof that I'd written in each time. The vast majority of friends I've polled have issues with the attendance counselor there.

It's hard to work to correct a problem, when you can't even identify the problem. [/quote]

Not at JR but at a MS where it is also apparently impossible to get the attendance people to correct an excused absence marked as unexcused. He has an IEP and is marked absent if he is getting services when they take attendance. I’ve sent him to school with a note for early dismissal to go to the dr and he is still marked as unexcused absence. Frequent attemps to fix this have not worked.

That said, it’s undeniable that the rates are much higher at some schools and increase for HS. It cannot all be attributable to bad admins. [/quote]

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