Please note that absences are reported at the class level. A student may be present in the school, but absent from class (and thus missing instruction). Teachers are required to record attendance, but they cannot enter specific codes. They can only say present, absent, tardy unexcused, or tardy excused. The attendance secretary has to input special codes, and the school may or may not be good about notifying them. These are the absence codes https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/northbethesdams/news/2017-2018%20Attendance%20Codes.pdf

SSI can be both in school field trips or an in school suspension, so I don't see how that could be reported as suspensions directly. But the counselor should have access to administrative records and could discuss something from that (don't know if they would.)

OSUS is out of school suspensions are their own category and thus reportable directly from that code.

During AP testing, students are absent from class. They should be using the ACI code. In our school, seniors with 5 or more tests are excused for a block of time, and that is usually entered in the system ahead of time. The rest of the testing codes are put in based on actual attendance at the test.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in a magnet program and her absences for field trips sound like they could also be for suspension. So you might be in luck.

Why is it relevant to mention that she's in a magnet program? Absences are absences.

I'm guessing because the the field trips were relevant to the magnet program and not something most students would incur. Students on field trips might be marked present for the first period and absent the rest, rather than absent the whole day (i.e. at home and not at school at all). The attendance record looks different.

That happens for non-magnet students as well. For example, the second day of OE for sixth graders. My DD is not in magnet, but is excused all day for competitions 3-4 times a year.

My kid was marked absent for AP exams this year. There are just many errors in recording. I don't think most people bother to correct.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in a magnet program and her absences for field trips sound like they could also be for suspension. So you might be in luck.

Why is it relevant to mention that she's in a magnet program? Absences are absences.

I'm guessing because the the field trips were relevant to the magnet program and not something most students would incur. Students on field trips might be marked present for the first period and absent the rest, rather than absent the whole day (i.e. at home and not at school at all). The attendance record looks different.

That happens for non-magnet students as well. For example, the second day of OE for sixth graders. My DD is not in magnet, but is excused all day for competitions 3-4 times a year.

I don't think colleges get regular absences at all. Suspensions are a different thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in a magnet program and her absences for field trips sound like they could also be for suspension. So you might be in luck.

Why is it relevant to mention that she's in a magnet program? Absences are absences.

I'm guessing because the the field trips were relevant to the magnet program and not something most students would incur. Students on field trips might be marked present for the first period and absent the rest, rather than absent the whole day (i.e. at home and not at school at all). The attendance record looks different.

There are excused and unexcused absence. Both are on report card.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in a magnet program and her absences for field trips sound like they could also be for suspension. So you might be in luck.

Why is it relevant to mention that she's in a magnet program? Absences are absences.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter is in a magnet program and her absences for field trips sound like they could also be for suspension. So you might be in luck.

It’s a complete different code for suspensions and out of school educational experiences.

My daughter is in a magnet program and her absences for field trips sound like they could also be for suspension. So you might be in luck.

Do MCPS schools notify colleges of ISS or only Out Of School Suspensions?