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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You guys don’t have a clue if you are quibbling about excused vs. unexcused absences and a few legitimate college visits. Truancy is a huge and systemic issue at DC schools. Walk into a school like Ballou, Anacostia, Woodson, or Dunbar and ask for a school tour. You will wonder why there are so many kids hanging around outside or in the hallways. Classes look tiny because the kids aren’t there. How do you teach and get a good impact score if you have different kids showing up every day. That is why so many teachers quit those schools. Also, only a handful of parents show up to Back to School Night and conferences. Parents are completely checked out. I’m not sure what to do to solve it but it has to be addressed at the community level not just the school level. The Mayor’s Office needs to get involved.[/quote]

Many students at these schools don't go to school on Monday or Friday, if it's raining, snowing, too cold, etc.  There is no priority to go to school consistently because they know they will pass no matter how little work they do.

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And the vast majority of these students don’t go to jobs instead of school. No accountability, particularly on the he part of the parents.[/quote]

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