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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s an enormous problem nationally, and tends to correlate with income. So the poor get further and further behind. And teachers can’t help them if they’re not there.[/quote]
And this is the problem with MCPS's obsession with closing the gap.  I fully support funding poorer schools a little more to help them out, but at some point we're just throwing money at kids and families who don't care.  This robs the kids who do care of the education they deserve.[/quote]

I think all parents care. Some are busy working three jobs and may not realize the negative effects of absenteeism. [/quote]

I also disagree with this. Some people have no interest in parenting their kids.

Other parents who “say they care” are doing a HORRIBLE job. I literally had a parent tell me today that he can’t make the child go to school. The child goes to different places to hangout during the day in public places. Like, um excuse me?? We need to bring back truancy court and fine parents for allowing kids to do this (and I am NOT talking about excused absences—that’s entirely different).

Also, where are all the police officers who are in the community? Don’t they see kids skipping? America’s attitude on education is so laughable. Other countries would never tolerate this. [/quote]

Spoken like someone who's never parented a difficult child. 
[b]Mcps spends a good deal of time teaching kids from elementary age that they should call the police if their parents are mean [/b]to them and then you want them to turn around and call the police on the parent for not forcing their student to go to school.?
This is a problem with society tying parents hands and telling them how to parent instead of budding out and allowing parents to do their jobs.
If that father was allowed to use corporal punishment even once, his kid would be where he's supposed to be.
Society took away that which worked for hundreds of generations and replaced it with zip.
These are the consequences. 
And yeah I know people with compliant children don't understand. [/quote]

LOL sure they do! :D[/quote]

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