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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is missing 4 days to go on a scholarship interview in Texas more valid than a student missing 4 days to take care of a much younger sibling? To get to a job that's needed to pay the family's food bill or rent? Who are you to judge that?

The schools recognize that some absences are legitimate and others are not for the purpose of truancy laws -- eg  excused and unexcused absences.

But when looking at the educational impact of absenteeism -- a missed day is a missed day.

[/quote]college visits are excused, but I heard only 3 days per session, at a graduation meeting @Wilson last year. Taking care of siblings isn't on the excuse form, nor can you indicate that it was a school activity which was missed if the teacher doesn't remember to put it in the computer [/quote]

The absenteeism report does NOT distinguish between excused and unexcused absences although the school district does too.

The standard cited was that anything in excess of 5% is problematic for learning, but the issue is what is (or isn't) done if students have far more absences than that and whether it's appropriate (credit recovery).

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