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I can buy this argument for teens.  But many of the schools at the top of the list for absenteeism are elementary schools.  This is a failure of parents to do the [u]bare minimum[/u] to ensure that their children get an education.  The numbers show that nearly 30% of economically disadvantaged kids in APS are chronically absent, while only 7.5% of white kids are.  How on earth is the achievement gap suppose to be closed with numbers like this?  No homework or grading policy will ever be able to make up the difference.[/quote]

I teach elementary school. What's changed since prepandemic in my school at least is that kids are sick more often now. It's only early October and we've already had two waves of illness run through our school (low income school if it matters). Parents are not keeping their kids home for no reason - they are sick, they get sent to school, then they have a fever or feel bad or throw up and parents come pick them up.  I've had many students out already 5-6 days which is more than 10% of the number of days we've been in school.[/quote]

Yes, thank you. Since getting Covid one of my kids has been sick ALL the time (didn't seem to impact the other one).

It's COVID, idiots. And it's the lack of any mitigation at all in schools these days. Masks are a dirty word, HVAC systems are a joke and does anyone even turn on those air cleaners? Tons of kids come to school sicks, teachers too and spread their germs.

If you want to stop absenteesm, make schools healthier places. [/quote]
 
Try again.  This is not the cause of CHRONIC absenteeism.  Kids aren’t missing 18+ days of schools because people of COVID. My kids get sick 2-3 times a year and maybe miss 3-6 days in total depending  on their symptoms and we’re pretty cautious about not sending them to school sick. Missing 3-6 days per school year because of germs does not meet the definition of chronically absent. [/quote]

Please try to keep up. It's not just Covid directly, it's also what Covid does to kids' immune systems. So it's Covid and it's all the sicknesses they get once Covid trashes their immune system. This is where we are right now with one of my kids who just missed an entire week of school with not Covid. But go ahead and deny it, as you will, that's what Covid deniers do! Or make up some shit blaming the shutdowns 3 years ago. [/quote]

Sounds like your kid should be in a long covid study then because what you’re describing is not common for most kids. Most kids are not missing anywhere near days of school because of illness.  [/quote]

+1.  This is not normal.  My kid with a chronic health condition and compromised immune system doesn't even miss 18 days of school.  You should sign your kid up for scientific studies.  [/quote]

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