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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn’t matter that it’s untrue, [b]but it’s also Covid in the sense that APS’ response to the pandemic told families that school doesn’t matter.[/b]

“Don’t worry, missing a year+ doesn’t matter. Your child will catch up.”

“There’s no such thing as learning loss.”

The school system doesn’t need to apologize, but it needs to send a clear message: Kids are in crisis and there’s A LOT of catching up to do.

It should be all hands on board. Even Syphax.[/quote]

No. This isn't it. Or is that why your child is chronically absent?[/quote]

Chronic absenteeism is a national trend since the pandemic. No it’s not because kids are getting more sick.

There’s something else going on.  IMO it’s that some kids (especially low income and SWDs) are so much further behind than their peers that they are giving up on school. That and all the developmental impacts we see playing out in behavior because we kept kids from their activities long after everyone else resume theirs.

When are people going to own up to the fact that these choices crushed kids and we’ll be paying for it for decades?

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