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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Report is pretty shocking. This is why graduation rates have gone up - because they will graduate just about anyone not because DCPS is doing anything better. If I was a Ballou parent, I would be outraged at the shenanigans at the school. Principal needs to be fired now but I feel bad as I’m sure there are people involved above her who will escape unscathed.[/quote]

If a kid is missing that many days, then its clear the parents are all that interested or on top of their kids academic career. I think the parents expect the kids to do all the parenting.  THis is the problem.[/quote]

Some of these students don't have parents. [/quote]

And for those students[b] and other at-risk students[/b] the system should provide the needed wrap-around services, the exceptions to policy, etc.. There were 214 homeless seniors last year compared to the 3800 who were not homeless. So let's not try and negate the argument for more parent engagement by throwing around orphan and/or homeless status. That sort of argument is intended to shame people into not actually addressing a very real problem...the problem of checked out, bad parenting. [/quote]

40% of all DCPS students are at risk. The percentage is even higher in the high schools.

DCPS had 2307 graduates last year. We should assume that at least 900 of those students were at risk. [/quote]

Where can I find DCPS' or OSSE's definition of "at-risk status"? I saw this line in today's report: "For homeless students, a component of at-risk status, the corresponding share is 34.1% (Figure	18)" and thought it was saying that being homeless is a necessary component of being categorized as "at-risk." Therefore, I thought when the report reported 214 homeless seniors last year that would equate with the at-risk category. I'm guessing based on PP's response that it incorrect. So where is "at-risk" defined? And what are all the various "components"? 	
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At risk is defined in the DCPS budget process. From the 2016 budget guidance:

"The new category defined at-risk in a specific way. It includes students who are homeless, in the foster care system, receive the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
and over-age high school students."

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