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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]

BECAUSE HE HAS EXTENDED TESTING TIME THAT HE USES DURING HIS LUNCH HOUR (he can't even eat lunch on those days). The teacher is supposed to notify the next teacher that the tardy is excused, but this hardly ever happens.

Also, and to my original point: ***I don't care***. Because no one else cares. None of these accumulated absences and tardies impact his grades or graduation. He has mostly straight As, thanks to his extended time accommodation, he's an excellent student and the school has never had a problem with this state of affairs.

So:
1. The hysterical "students are skipping so much school" narrative sounds pretty exaggerated to me, since I don't know any high or middle schooler who skips class frivolously, based on my kids, their friends, and our general circle of MCPS acquaintances at various schools.
2. I don't think we should believe the official numbers, because attendance is taken very poorly by regular teachers. Substitutes are notorious for not taking attendance correctly either. 
3. When MCPS creates a more accurate attendance system, and starts caring about attendance, then I will allow this issue to take up some of my brain space. But not right now.

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There seems to be a concerted effort to paint this narrative that society is in decay and MCPS is in decline. They always make things sound far worse than they actually are. I think they're political operatives trying to affect change at the school board level similar to how Youngkin got elected.[/quote]

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