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3 ??? Your kidding right?
And yeah that makes sense alright,
he's missed too many days so lets send him home for 3 more. Rolling
eyes.....makes alot of sense. lol
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:42
PM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Are there too many
sick kids in day care or school?
Yeah
that is so true. I mean ok I can understand that if the kids arent in school
it can lower overall test scores, and in alot of states, those test scores are
what determines the funding, but then again shouldnt the schools with lower
test scores get just as much funding? The lack of funding could cause even
lower test scores and all kids should get the same education in these schools
and have all the same equipment as other schools in the same state. I know
right now in one semester a kid can only have 5 excused absences. After 3
unexcused they get suspended. What a joke
Yeah me too. Frankly I oppose all
mandatory attendance requirements in the first place. It's the
parent's decision. If I want to take my kids out of school to go study
nature in the park, it's my business and no one else's. What right do
they have to say it's "unexcused". When we go to Pine Mountain each
year to see the Christmas lights I have to lie and tell them someone's sick
or they get zero's on their work. That's just not any of the school's
business. If I want them to go for a couple days, no government paper
pusher should have the right to say I'm wrong.
Charles
Mims
<rolling eyes>
My gosh... that would piss me
off.
If it were me... next time I would tell them he had pnumonia.
(sp)
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 10:11 AM, Angela
wrote:
My
son stayed home today, although he wasnt contagious....he had a really bad
migrane, but I've already had the school calling me wanting to know why I
kept him out just for a migrane. Read this note sent home with report
cards yesterday.....(forgive any errors, I'm typing parts that pertain to
missing school)
ou
may have heard on the news or read in the newpapers about the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001. This is legislation that provides a means for the
individual states to receive money from the federal government for their
schools. The amount of money is quite substantial and, as you might
imagine, requires that the school systems meet certain expectations. The
goal of NCLB is to eventually improve graduation rates to 100%, increase
school attendance, and to make students 100% math and reading competent.
These are very lofty goals and require a 100% partnership between the
home, school, and community. Attaining these goals has been broken down
into what is hope to be manageable benchmarks. Only 4 schools in Tazewell
County made their Annual Yearly Progess based on data from last school
year. There were three areas where we needed to meet benchmarks.
.....(goes on to give statistics on the last school year then continues on
to say)...
Our
attendance rate for last school year was only 92.5%.
Had our attendance been better we would have been the only middle school
in Tazewell County as Graham was the only high school, to make AYP. It is
obvious that our teachers are doing their part to adequately instruct our
students. we need you to see that your children are in school. We can
only teach those students who are in attendance!! For the past 2
years we have had the lowest percent attendance of the middle schools in
Tazewell County. For the month of September GMS's attendance was the
lowest in the county. at only 91.44%. It no longer affects only your
child when he or she does not attend school. Please help us make AYP next
year by improving our
attendance!!
Ok,
so how well are children going to learn if they are sick? Or if they come
to school sick and pass it onto other students, the attendance is even
lower. This letter comes off as the schools wanting you to send your kids
to school whether they are sick or not. As I said, my son had a migrane
this morning and couldnt hardly get out of bed, yet they wanted me to send
him
anyway.....
-----Original
Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of
Charles
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:11
AM
To: 'The Sandbox Discussion List'
Subject: [Sndbox]
Are there too many sick kids in day care or school?
Are
there too many sick kids in day care or school?
Probably -
Pediatricians estimate that 58 percent of their young patients go to child
care or school even when ill, according to a Gallup survey. This despite
the fact that 81 percent of mothers working full-time have stayed home at
times to care for a sick child.
Charles
Mims
http://www.the-sandbox.org
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