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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at those absentee numbers and tell me that anyone leaving Drew for Montessori must be a racist! There are so many factors going on there. I think race probably does play a role, but I think poverty and attendance and school performance matter more to most parents.

Sad to see the Wakefield number.

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The Wakefield number is heartbreaking.   [/quote]
It makes sense considering Drew, Randolph and Abingdon send students there.[/quote]

It also makes isense considering almost no one went to school in person at Wakefield that Covid year. I think less than 10% of kids came back - it was the worst of all the HS's. I had a DD there at the time, and there were like 2-4 kids in most classes. That's when all the absentee problems spiked, and they have not recovered.[/quote]

Covid fundamentally changed the perception that school was important. If you can miss an entire year in person and then 5-10 days cause you caught virus well then how important can it really be?[/quote]

Grading and retake policies haven't helped.[/quote]

Please explain how grading and retake are linked to attendance. This is an APE position that I do not understand at all. Seems to just be APE blaming APS for everything. [/quote]

Not APE. I'm just saying that not having firm deadlines for work to be turned in and being able to retake quizzes does not help in encouraging students to show up every day. It's linked by contributing to the creation of a laissez-faire attitude toward studying and work and the attitude that you won't miss anything if you miss a class - because the teacher will go back and catch everyone up instead of moving forward because "equity" etc.  It's just part of the whole mentality and approach toward education APS has been pursuing in recent years.[/quote]

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