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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP- Teacher here and I suspect the rampant absenteeism will be a huge problem next year when students are expected to show up to school every day. So many of them took advantage of the lax rules last year. The attendance committee at our school worked their tails off last year trying to contact the parents whose kids just did nothing.[/quote]

Yes. This happened at our school way before Covid. The truancy officer basically threw up his hands and said there was nothing he could do. It’s almost impossible to retain students who fail and you can’t track families down and force them to send their kids to school.[/quote]

Interesting. I have no idea about kids who don't attend school, as mine have regular attendance, but one of my issues with public school systems is teacher absenteeism. When I was younger, teachers weren't constantly out of the classroom. I know that some of it is training or family illness, but it is remarkable how many teachers have training or family illness immediately before or after a long weekend.

There have been studies demonstrating how teacher absenteeism hurt student achievement, with the worst attendance and educational outcomes in high poverty schools.
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I subbed for three years before going back full time. The amount of trainings is ridiculous, especially for special ed. Most of them could easily be done virtually and hopefully that will be something that stays now that everyone has wised up. However, if a teacher misses 40 days in a school year for anything other than a major medical event or serious family emergency, he/she is not going to be rehired. If a student misses 40 days in a school year for a bunch of vague reasons, they get passed along to the next grade level. [/quote]

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