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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work at one of the schools mentioned and parents are not keeping their kids home due to illness. We have kids that should be home they are so sick with horrific coughs etc, but are sent anyway. [b]They are missing school due to long weekend trips and vacations. [/b]No one thinks twice about having their kid miss school for that reason. Not sure what the solution is because an unexcused absence doesn’t scare anyone into changing the behavior. [/quote] At my N. Arlington elementary (which is lower on this list, but absenteeism is up), it's this. People out for vacations like crazy, often leveraging the many partial days/holidays. One parent I was talking to at pickup was floored that she'd gotten a letter from the school about their absenteeism - they're constantly on vacation! [/quote]
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