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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As usual, the SMOB has the most sober and common sense take on the issue:

[twitter]https://twitter.com/SamitheSMOB/status/1788971042733469869[/twitter]

Contrary to popular beliefs, adolescent minds can be pretty binary. Either it's required or it's not. And if it's required but there's no consequence if they don't meet the requirement, kids pretty quickly figure it's not actually required.

Adults have decided to stop being adults and have decided kids, who developmentally lack the ability to grasp the long-term effects of their choices and decisions, are best suited to make decisions that limit their potential and development in the long-run.[/quote]

I thought Sami nailed it when he said there are three main groups of kids:

1. Those that go all the time, no matter what.

2. Some that are truant and go very little. These kids need those wrap around services to break down the barriers on why they do not go to school -- barriers such as transportation, day care, etc. Those are the things that MCPS is trying to fix.

3. Those that go sometimes. They might skip if they wake up late, don't feel like it, etc. In effect, the student's mindset is the barrier. Sami said they need a consequence that happens if they do not go to school. That is the part that Sami said MCPS is not trying to fix. 
3. Some that are truant and go very little. These kids need those wrap around services to break down the barriers on why they do not go to school -- barriers such as transportation, day care, etc. Those are the things that MCPS is trying to fix. [/quote]

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