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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if the school nurse there (a health department employee) has been consulted on any of these measures. Doubtful. [/quote]

FCPS has pretty clearly said attendance policies for illness are back to pre-pandemic. The fact that some people on DCUM cannot get used to that idea doesn't change it.[/quote]

Precovid kids still aren’t supposed to come to school when sick, and some children are going to miss due to chronic illness or other issues. Here are all the current reasons your child should stay home: severe coughing, pink eye, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, rash/fever, strep.

[b]Agree this is misplaced.[/b] My children have had low level gunk since the beginning of September and we haven’t missed a day, but we would if we had any of the above symptoms. [/quote]

Disagree.  Yes, kids get sick and should stay home and yes, kids are getting sick more and for longer after covid.

But the big problem is parents who have decided that school is optional and have passed that idea on to their kids.  It's not a low SES idea either, it's across all SES.  It's all over this forum, everywhere.  [b]And it harms kids to miss school. [/b] [/quote]

There is data showing that it hurts struggling children, but [b]is there data showing that it hurts high achievers?[/b] My kid is in middle school and we're fine with them sleeping in on occasion or leaving early. They do great in school, sit down with khan academy when they don't get a concept in math, read a ton[/quote]

No, at least not at the secondary level. [/quote]

That's what you're telling yourself...[/quote]

Please cite the evidence that it harms high achieving children at the secondary level, then.[/quote]

It is going to be something that is going to harm your school now that the VDOE has decided that it is a grading factor for a schools health, or how ever they are referring to it, and you can bet that schools are going to be paying more attention to it. I know parents at Dranesville whose kids were pulled at least 3 times in a year for family vacations, I saw the pictures on their FB page. You see people posting asking about how to log in to schoology while abroad and how many days kids can miss school in a row before they are dis-enrolled. I would bet that a solid percentage of the kids considered to have high absentee rates are kids whose parents decided to take January off and visit family or go to Disney multiple times in a year.

Do those trips hurt the kids? Probably not because the parents tend to make sure their kids complete what work they can. Do those trips end up creating extra work for Teachers, who are already overly tasked? Yes. [/quote]

That’s a lot of words to admit there’s no evidence it’s harming high achievers at the secondary level.[/quote]

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