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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where are the parents in all this?  Parents also need to discipline their kids.  Way back when for BCC it was that McDonald's.[/quote]

Parents don’t even know.

The school isn’t calling parents every time a kid skips.  [/quote]

Differs by school.

At WJ, my kid missed 1 resource class during the day because he was taking [approved] extended time on an exam. Teacher was supposed to alert resource teacher, but that did not happen.

That same day, I got a robo-call on my mobile, one at my office, and one at home to alert me that my student was absent from "1 or more" classes that day and to contact the attendance office about this matter at 301-xxx-xxxx.

I texted DS as soon as I had a chance.  I called the office first thing in the morning the next day to clear up.  If parents don't care, or follow-up, it does not matter how many robo calls they get.   
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I never return the attendance call now. My WJ teen is always in class, and is sometimes a couple of minutes late to the period immediately after lunch, when he uses his extended time to take a test during lunch, and an issue similar to your kid crops up. When I alert the school to any excused absence, for one of his numerous medical appointments, for instance, he's also marked absent!!!

It doesn't seem to matter to anyone, at all. No one cares. So I gave up trying to correct their stupidities. Attendance is not taken correctly in the first place, so I would take the official MCPS attendance records with a HUGE grain of salt.

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Don't say attendance was not "taken correctly" if your kid shows up late after lunch. Teachers take attendance in the beginning of class and then move on with their block. They are busy teaching instead of having to make attendance correction errors for tardy students. If your kid can't manage to get to class on time, that is on them. The excused medical appointments were you say you've alerted the school beforehand, is on the school. [/quote]

Well a tardy is a tardy. It's not the same as an absence. I believe the official rule is up til 20 minutes, it is considered an unexcused tardy and THEN after that, the teacher can mark it as an absence: https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/r-w/woottonhs/uploadedfiles/school_info/attendance-rules-in-full.pdf

If you want the kids to respect and follow the rules, the teachers need to as well. They don't get to have one set rules on the books and do whatever they feel like just because.

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No. You aren't even reading that correctly. "After twenty (20) minutes, unexcused tardiness is to be treated as an unexcused
absence." This means even if they show up after 20 minutes, it is STILL an unexcused absence. It does NOT even remotely mean kids have a 20 minute time slot to show up 20 minutes late every day. Imagine that chaos. Bottom line, your kid needs to be there when the bell rings. Period. [/quote]

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