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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are exactly two kids quoted in the article. [b]I am not sure this is a widespread problem[/b]. My kid attends B-CC and has been late a couple of times after lunch. That is it and I have addressed this. I have received one absent phone call/email, which was in error, the whole year. Missing class is not acceptable, even if it is senior year. If my kid misses class, it is my fault, not the school's fault.[/quote]

The absenteeism rates are in the article, so it is definitely widespread:

[list] 19.1% of B-CC students are “chronically absent.”[/list]
[list]This issue is consistent across the county with some schools such as Kennedy High School having as high as 49.4% of students being chronically absent[/list]

It is very much widespread and it's clear in the article and the fact that MCPS is revising its absenteeism policy in response to the scope and scale of the issue that it is widespread. [/quote]

OMG OMG the sky is falling (again). What shall we do?!?[/quote]

Let's see, notify the parents.  After 4 absences insist that the parents come to school and have a meeting prior to allowing them to return to school.  After 12, you make the parents shadow the kids for a day, and if that doesn't work a week or permanently till their behavior improves.[/quote]

You're more prescient than you know. I believe some version of what you outlined is what MCPS will unveil.[/quote]

MCPS has cut parents out of education.  It needs to be a partnership and much more communication.  Teachers should send out weekly emails outlining what kids are learning and what assignments are due each week/when.  We've had teachers do that in MS and it was fantastic.  It doesn't have to be long or detailed but just we are working on these concepts or reading xxx, and these are the upcoming assignments and due dates.[/quote]

I can kind of see that for freshmen, since they're still transitioning and acclimating to HS, but that level of hand holding is not good for 10th, 11th and 12th graders who really need to be taking responsibility for their school work and time management.

If parents do that all throughout high school for their kids, they will be helpless when they get to college.[/quote]

If 17-18 year olds won’t go to school at their own volition…what do they think is going to happen in a year when they get to a university with 30,000 students?[/quote]

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