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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So here is the other issue- are we talking about excused or only unexcused? Because to only investigate unexcused is truly an equity issue. There are kids in thr system with 50-60 excused absences. Their parents (or the kids themselves) know how to play the game to never get reported for truancy.[/quote] Because they are travelling internationally to see Grandma in Asia? Or because they are on the West Coast to go to an high-level sports competition? Or maybe a kid had mono? Annoying for teachers, and not 'fair,' but these kids' truancy is not setting them on a path to crime. Also, I am highly skeptical of your 50-60 number. Very few kids are missing a full 10+ weeks of school, and then the cause is generally medical.[/quote] None of those reasons and yes kids miss 50 days of school. You clearly do not work in the system. And no, nothing happens to them.[/quote]
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