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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should make schools more engaging if they want kids to attend. Forcing it with punitive measures is a bad look. If your service is not very useful to students and parents, of course they won't use it as much. I don't see how chronic absenteeism per se is a problem at all. It's just a symptom of schools not being that fun or educational.[/quote]

+1000.  Our family learned during the chronic illness of a child (who missed a lot of school), that as far as "value-added, being present in the building added almost nothing to education (social peer relationships aside).  DD could finish an entire school day's worth of lessons in 2 hrs.

Why go to school to sit in a chair for 4 extra hours a day? To listen to teacher spew racism or sexism or teach things incorrectly (especially in math & science)?

The whole "chronic absenteeism" problem analysis is backwards - it starts with how many are absent and how can we punish them enough to show up, when the real question should be "why are they missing school and what can we do to address the problems that cause chronic absenteeism? [/quote]

Our school social workers and counselors bend over backwards to meet with families to find out what the school can do to help. There is no actual reason most of these kids miss school. No transportation issues (everyone lives within walking distance of school except for some special ed students who are bussed). No health issues. Nada. The parents just don’t care (and they’ll say so). [/quote]

How you know if there are no transportation issues, health issues, etc.  You are blessed if you are waking distance and no health issues.  We are not walking distance and a parent with health issues.   You wouldn't know as we don't talk about it to people like you.  And, we don't get bus so its a nightmare.[/quote]

How do I know? I teach the kids. We have regular meetings with admin and support staff about chronically absent students. The social workers and counselors make home visits and they share the information with us. [/quote]

Ok, well this isn't mcps as they don't make home visits and they shouldn't be sharing everything with you and again, many families wouldn't talk to them.  I know I wouldn't.  Its not the schools business nor the teachers.[/quote]

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