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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools will work with kids to make sure they get the SSL hours. I have yet to hear of the kid held back due to note completing enough.

This time of year, you see a lot of things like ADs recruiting those who need hours to do concessions at sporting events and that sort of thing. They make it work.

And yes, many of us ensure our kids have the hours even before end end of MS (my two kids with SN had 260 each by that point), not all kids have parents who are effective or competent to make that happen. Some don’t speak English and can’t figure out to make opportunities for their kids. Some need their kids for childcare or extra household income. Some are uninvolved. We can’t judge other families by our abilities. And the schools recognize this and step in to help. [/quote]

Yes I agree. I am the pp that suggested the in school service activities. During Covid my family delivered food from food pantries to apartments that feed into our cluster. We were helping my kid’s peers get food they truly needed, why should we expect those families to be able to cart their kids around to do service activities outside of school. So many limitations for those families. [/quote]

Because now those same families could have their kids volunteer time in those same food pantries packing boxes or sorting food, or tutoring kids in the apartments, or helping the elderly.  They could organize a cleanup nearby and the county will provide the bags and grabbers.  The point is that almost all people can contribute the community.[/quote]
All people can and should learn how to contribute. To say otherwise is awful. And volunteering gives kids who may need it a sense of agency and accomplishment. They feel good about themselves for doing it. There are dozens of opportunities for volunteers through moco that support kids like you describe. [/quote]

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