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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=NathanBacaABC7][quote=Anonymous]Why didn't they fake attendance? Why aren't kids kicked out of the school when they have so many unexcused absences? I can see plenty of parents walking them right back in the next day.[/quote]

DCPS policy states after 10 absences a class, they get a "failure from absence" grade. 30 unexcused absences in a year nets a final failing grade. But those records are not cross-checked with transcipts to see if those policies are being violated. The Chancellor says that changed after the story broke and is in effect this school year.[/quote]

So we should expect to see faking of attendance records in the future. [/quote]

Yes, we already have this. If a student puts a foot in the door, then walks out they have to be marked present. In fact this is a good issue to ask our reporter to follow up on... please get clarification from DCPS on how long a student must remain in a class to be marked present. We are all now required to mark attendance in the first 5 mins of class period, if the student walks out and doesn't come back they are still considered present! [/quote]

Whereas the kid who is late because they stayed behind to talk to the prior class teacher along with too many other kids to get his question answered, but is in the class for the whole period of actual substance, is marked absent.[/quote]

No they wouldn't, at most high schools they would get a pass from the teacher, so this is not an issue! But it is an issue that students can enter a class for minutes or walk in and out and be marked present!!! Reporter are you still out there?[/quote]

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