The room was slowly filling up as the first-period bell rang. People trickled in, and some pulled out phones while others chatted away about plans for the weekend. There was just one slight problem; the room wasn’t a classroom, portable or band room, but rather one of Blair’s many bathrooms.
If you go to Blair, that probably comes as no surprise. It seems every week or so that the administration tries something new to get students to go to and stay in class. After taking a closer look, this new wave of absenteeism seems to be impacting Blair in unprecedented ways...
The rise of truancy and chronic absenteeism | Silver Chips Online (mbhs.edu)
This is a huge problem across MCPS. The 50% rule and removal of the loss of credit policy certainly contribute to the problem. Why go to class if you will pass anyway?
ReplyDeleteAccording to this article, it's the taxpayers' fault:
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Councilmember Natali Fani-Gonzalez said the schools need to do better. “We are failing our children. Let me make that clear,” she said, noting that many students, especially Black and brown students, are not reading at grade level.