let's hold parents that don't send their kids to school legally accountable. How is not sending your child to school *not* neglect??! I have so many students this year that have a 60-70% overall attendance rate, and nothing happens?!
let's hold parents that don't send their kids to school legally accountable. How is not sending your child to school *not* neglect??! I have so many students this year that have a 60-70% overall attendance rate, and nothing happens?! It's starting to make me feel absolutely crazy, because then we're responsible for doing all these MTSS interventions to help them out, when the main problem is *they're NOT here!* EDITED TO ADD (2 hours after posting): 1) I'm *NOT* talking about wanting sick kids to come to school. I'm talking about kids who are out of school so constantly it cannot be for just repeated acute illness. 2) I actually *agree* with most of you that a legal punishment isn't the best way, but I feel like I'm at the end of my rope with teachers being the only ones held accountable in this situation. In these MTSS meetings we're required to make all these different accommodations, collect data, etc. on why these chronically absent kids aren't doing well, and it feels like a complete waste of time when the root issue is attendance. submitted by /u/kelwalk [link] [comments]