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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is an epidemic of teen anxiety and school avoidance. I don't know why it isn't getting more attention. Someone needs to ask what is going on at school that is causing so much anxiety that kids will stop going to avoid it. [/quote]

Someone needs to ask what is going on at home that is more motivating than going to school?

Now there are lots of things to do. It is just easier to stay home and be on your phone all day or play video games. There are no more consequences at school and many jurisdictions no longer fine or threaten parents. Parent has to go to work, kids says no. Kid stays home. There used to be truant officers to help haul the kid into school.

Now add that the the fact that kids and parents still remember school was cancelled for so long during Covid. Since then for many families school has remained semi-optional.

So sure there are some kids with anxiety and kids who are being bullied so fearful of going to school. But the vast majority of students who are chronically missing school just find it more motivating to stay home. [/quote]

It's not that deep.

It's the calendar [/quote]

It’s not. To some extent this is a nationwide issue - it’s brought up a lot in education. I teach in Loudoun , we have a different calendar, and we have the same attendance issues. [/quote]

The Loudoun calendar isn't as bad as Fairfax but it's hardly an explain of a school board valuing education and routine. [/quote]

That is a completely separate argument. I didn’t offer any evaluation of if the calendar is good. I simply said this issue is not isolated to FCPS, it is also happening in districts with different calendars, so it cannot wholly be pinned on FCPS’s calendar. [/quote]

Both calendars are ridiculous and both calendars are why attendance is spotty. [/quote]

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