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From YouTube: At Your Service - Attendance
Description
At Your Service is a program hosted by Susan Love and Christy Perdomo from the Student Services department. Each show presents topics of importance to students and their families. This month, Christy & Susan talk with Stephanie Jones, Pupil Personnel Worker and Nikki Johnson, Elementary School Counselor. Originally aired January 1, 2015.
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Best
place
to
find
the
attendance
policy
is
the
parent
handbook.
The
parent
handbook
has
a
wealth
of
information
for
parents
to
read
as
related
to
attendance
or
discipline,
or
you
know
lunch.
So
I
think
that's
really
like
a
good
resource
for
parents
overall,
but
definitely
for
any
attendance
concerns
or
any
related
any
attendance
things
that
they
any
questions
they
may
have.
So
I
think
the
parent
handbook
is
probably
the
best
place
now.
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If
you,
of
course,
if
you
hurt
yourself
playing
sports,
break
a
leg
or
something
of
that
nature,
please
stay
home,
go
to
the
hospital
go
to
the
doctor,
seek
medical
treatment
and
if
you're
vomiting,
I
believe
our
county
has
a
policy
that
says
you
must
remain
vomit
free
for
24
hours.
So
that's
one
legal
reason.
If
you
unfortunately
experience
a
death
of
an
immediate
family
member,
the
county
does
allow
you
to
miss
a
day
for
the
funeral
and
if
we
do
not,
we
hope
that
our
students
do
not
have
court
dates.
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Yes,
we
look
at
the
komar
regulations
and
we
look
at
the
maryland
state
department
of
education's
policies
and
each
county
has
created
their
own
and
I
believe
that
the
last
bullet
of
each
policy
says
the
principal's
discretion.
So
if
you
have
a
family
emergency,
I
know
I've
had
students
who,
unfortunately
have
had
home
fires.
Of
course
that's
not
covered
in
the
policy
or
if
they've
had
a
break-in.
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Think
it's
important
that
parents
know
and
have
a
relationship
with
someone
in
that
particular
school
a
lot
of
times.
We
automatically
think
it's
going
to
be
the
classroom
teacher,
but
just
depending
on
level
elementary
middle
high
school.
It
may
not
be
the
classroom
teacher.
Of
course
we
know
when
they
get
to
the
middle
and
high
school
level.
You
have
multiple
teachers,
so
there
may
not
be
one
particular
teacher
they've
built
a
strong
relationship
with,
but
I
think
communication
is
key.
Parents
need
to
call
because
sometimes
they're
not
for
sure
you
know.
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Is
this
an
excused
absence?
How
should
I
handle
this?
What
recess
resources
do
I
need
to
help
my
child
or
help
my
family
so
that
they're
not
absent
another
day?
So
I
think
it's
really
really
important
that
parents
reach
out
to
someone
at
the
school
just
to
basically
inform
them.
My
child
is
absent
today.
This
is
the
reason
why
and
then,
of
course,
always
rule
of
thumb
is
for
parents
to
make
sure
they
send
a
note
in
within
three
days
of
the
student's
return
to
the
school
and
then
after
five
consecutive
days
or
more.
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C
We
have
several
students
who
unfortunately
suffer
from
diabetes
cancer,
crohn's
disease,
you
name
the
illness.
Unfortunately
we
have
students
who
have
them.
There
are
two
separate-
and
I
know
nikki
can
speak
better
about
this,
but
there
are
two
separate
home
schooling,
home
teaching
programs.
One
is
concurrent
home
teaching
and
the
other
is
full
on
home
teaching.
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D
Familiar
with
the
middle
in
high
school,
but
I
know
at
the
elementary
level
when
I
have
a
student
who
has
a
medical
issue:
normally
they
contact
the
school
counselor.
Most
of
the
time
I
will
say,
they've
called
the
principal
first
at
the
elementary
level,
they
probably
called
the
principal
if
it's
an
illness
where
the
child
is
going
to
be
out
for
a
prolonged
period
of
time.
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So
normally
my
principal
or
my
administrator
gets
in
contact
with
me
and
then
I
pull
the
paperwork
that
just
basically
asked
for
a
physician's
note
which
states
that
this
illness
is
keeping
that
particular
student
from
being
able
to
attend
school
on
a
regular
basis.
After
that,
the
paperwork
is
usually
completed
by
the
counselors
submitted
to
the
board
of
education,
for
approval
to
the
home
teaching
office
and
then
I'll
be
honest.
The
home
t-shirt
office
does
an
excellent
job
of
kind
of
taking
it
from
there.
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Home
teaching
basically
deals
with
whatever
that,
I
would
say
how
would
I
explain,
maybe
short
term
issue,
maybe
whether
it's
medical
or
I'm
psychological.
There
may
be
a
reason
why
they
just
need
to
be
home
for
a
short
period
of
time
where
they're
not
attending
school.
You
know
over
five
or
six
days
or
over
a
few
weeks,
it's
not
a
long-term
process
where
they're
actually
home
schooled,
they
it's
just
for
a
short
period
of
time
and
most
of
the
time
like
I
said
in
my
experience,
it's
been
medical.
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It's
been
that
a
child
has
maybe
chronic
asthma
or
we've
had
sickle
cell.
That's
been
a
really
big
thing
at
our
school
on
the
elementary
level
sickle
cell,
the
time,
the
seasons
with
sickle
cell
and
things
like
that.
So
most
of
the
time,
it's
just
for
a.
I
don't
know
how
I'd
say
this,
maybe
a
shorter,
prolonged
period
of
time.
It's
not
very
long
like
the
full
school
year.
So.
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Refer
to
learning
as
a
game,
we
refer
to
it
in
our
counseling
lessons
as
like
the
game
of
football,
so
you're
showing
up
for
the
game
of
learning.
If
you're
not
there
to
practice
with
your
team,
if
you're
not
there
to
hear
the
instructions
that
the
coach,
meaning
your
teacher
is
giving
every
day,
you
know
how
do
you
really
play
that
game?
You're,
not
a
part
of
your
team,
I
think
they
learn
teamwork.
When
they're
there
at
school,
they
learn
how
to
solve
issues
and
problems.
They
learn
responsibility.
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D
The
children
just
love
that
class
and
it
helps
to
make
science
and
math
come
alive,
they're
not
going
to
get
that
same
experience
at
home.
So
you
know
children
will
be
sick
and
they
will
have
to
stay
home
from
time
to
time.
But
I
think
coming
to
school
is
more
of
just
an
academic
experience.
More
than
that,
it's
a
social
experience
too,
and
I
believe
that
children
need
the
academic
piece
as
well
as
the
social
piece
to
be
successful
adults
to
be
successful
in
college
and
in
their
career
world.
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Yes,
additionally,
in
agreement
with
you,
for
me,
my
understanding
of
school
is
not
yes,
we
are
an
institution
of
learning,
but
we
are
not
here
to
only
teach
you
basic.
This
is
how
you
pass
the
next
test.
We
are
preparing
you
for
life.
The
average
person
must
go
outside
of
the
home
to
work.
The
average
person
must
go
outside
of
the
home
to
seek
medical
care
to
care
for
themselves,
to
grocery
shop,
to
do
basic,
daily
living
duties
and
if
you
are
used
to
doing
everything
at
home,
socially
you're,
not
equipped
for
adulthood.
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E
Did
you
know
that
your
local
public
library
offers
free
early
literacy
programs
specially
designed
for
your
baby,
toddler
or
preschoolers
growing
needs
in
mind?
Programs
are
offered
at
all
anne
arundel
county
public
library
branches
every
week
year
round
we're
committed
to
preparing
children
for
school
and
for
life
visit
www.aacpl.net
for
details.
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D
Sure
there
was
a
preliminary
study
done
in
california
that
looked
at
kindergarteners
and
first
graders
and
it
looked
at
their
absenteeism
in
those
particular
grades
and
it
basically
compare
where
they
were
on
a
reading
where
their
reading
level
was
by
third
grade.
How
many
of
those
particular
students
were
reading
with
proficiency.
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But
then
it
dropped
all
the
way
to
17
for
students
who
were
in
kindergarten
and
first
grade
and
had
missed
18
or
more
days
for
those
particular
years.
So
I
think
when
we
look
at
that,
I
mean
those
are
simple
numbers,
but
you
think
what
a
drop
in
the
percentage
of
children
who
are
ready
to
read
and
ready
to
go
when
it
comes
to
the
fundamentals
of
reading
comprehension
being
prepared
for
statewide
tests
and
things
like
that.
All
because
they
just
weren't
available
for
learning
and
kindergarten
and
first
grade
are
your
foundation
years.
D
It's
where
you're
getting
everything
academically
and
socially
students
need
to
be
there,
because
by
third
grade
I
always
say,
they're
kind
of
in
the
motion.
They're
they're,
rolling
along
they're
in
the
motion
of
what
school
is
all
about,
but
if
they're
missing
so
much
time
in
kindergarten
and
first
grade
they're
going
to
miss
whatever
they
need
to
be
successful
in
those
later
grades.
Thus
they're
not
successful
in
middle
school,
high
school
and
then
most
of
them
don't
even
end
up
in
college
right
and
there's.
C
E
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C
The
top
three
reasons
why
someone
drops
out
of
high
school
if
they
make
it
to
high
school,
are,
if
there's
a
dropout
already
living
in
their
home,
if
that
student
has
already
been
retained.
And,
lastly,
if
they
have
a
history
of
truancy,
because
it
creates
a
pattern
of
them
not
being
used
to
their
normal
routine
of
getting
up
and
going
to
school
and
making
it
a
part
of
their
daily
life.
So,
unfortunately
oftentimes.
It
leads
that
student
to
drop
out
of
school.
C
Sure
there
are
several
consequences
within
this
state
and
several
other
states
about
attendance.
Anyone
who
is
excessively
absent
and
we've
already
discussed
the
main
reasons
of
why
you're
legally
allowed
to
miss
school.
But
if
you
are
excessively
absent,
if
you're
missing
more
than
10
percent,
which
would
be
18
days
within
a
school
year,
that's
excessive
and
I
know
a
lot
of
us
would
say
18
days,
that's
even
more
than
we
should
even
look
at
your
case
could
be.
Your
situation
could
be
referred
to
court,
where
there
are
two
separate
consequences.
E
C
If
you
miss
10
days
of
school,
that's
a
500
fine!
If
you
are
in
jail,
you
could
be
jailed
10
days
for
every
one
day
that
you're
out.
So
if
you
miss
one
day,
that's
10
days
in
jail
and
I've
seen
both
happen
to
parents.
I
have
seen
parents,
unfortunately
arrested
in
court
for
failure
to
send
your
child
to
school.
I
believe
that
is
the
tri
the
charge
that
you
get
wow,
because
students.
A
Are
out
of
the
schoolhouse
and
not
learning
with
their
peer
group?
What
are
some
of
social,
emotional
or
maybe
developmental
issues
that
arise
that
you
see
that
maybe
at
maybe
each
developmental
level?
I
know
nikki
you're
at
the
elementary
and
stephanie
you're,
probably
all
three,
so
you
can
see
some
of
the
things
that
develop
with
these
children
and
these
families.
D
I
think
at
the
elementary
level,
when
I
think
of
the
social
emotional
impact
of
students
who
just
don't
attend
school
regularly,
I
just
feel
like
they
feel
left
out.
I
feel
like
they
don't
know
where
their
place
is
when
they
are
in
school,
it's
hard
for
them
to
catch
up.
A
lot
of
them
are
not
very
verbal
and
or
vocal
where
they
feel
like
they
can
kind
of
come
back
in
and
just
jump
back
into
where
they
were
so,
I
think
sometimes
it
makes
them
feel
like
they're,
not
a
part
of
that
learning
family.
D
I
think
teachers,
especially
at
the
elementary
level,
do
a
wonderful
job
of
making
all
of
the
children
feel
welcome
and,
of
course,
many
of
our
students
who
have
absenteeism
problems.
We
know
a
little
bit
about
what
that
family
background
is,
so
we're
probably
stepping
up
a
little
bit
more
to
try
to
help
that
student
get
back
into
the
learning
groove
of
everything,
but
I
think
they
just
don't
feel
apart,
I
mean,
and
how
can
you
feel
apart
if
you're
not
there
on
a
consistent
basis?
D
D
They
can
perform
more
when
it
comes
to
their
grades
and
how
embarrassing
for
them,
if
the
only
reason
you're
performing
lower,
is
because
you're
just
not
getting
the
necessary
information,
not
because
of
ability
or
anything
it's
hard
for
them.
So
I
think
the
biggest
thing
is
just
feeling
like
they
can
fit
in
and
feeling
like
they're
a
part
of
the
learning
environment,
because
when
you
miss
so
much
when
you
jump
back
in.
B
What
are
some
common
student
excuses
that
you
have
seen
that
parents
just
happen
to
just
continually
give
into
that
again?
You
know
they
may
have
good
intentions
of
giving
in
to
them,
because
they
think
that
maybe
they're
doing
the
right
thing
or
they're
trying
to
give
their
child
a
break,
but
unfortunately
it
starts
the
negative
routines
and
the
negative
patterns.
I
know
as
a
pupil
personnel
worker
and
a
school
counselor
you've
seen
it
often.
Can
you.
C
Give
some
examples.
Yes,
we've
heard
I've
heard
lots
of
different
stories.
I've
had
some
parents
say.
Well,
I
didn't
you
know
it's
only
kindergarten.
I
did
not
think
it
was
a
big
deal
when
I
went
to
school
kindergarten.
Wasn't
a
big
deal.
I've
heard
on
all
three
levels:
elementary
middle
and
high.
Oh,
I
give
my
child
a
mental
health
day
once
a
month
and
that's
not
including
the
days
that
the
student
may
miss
for
a
legitimate
illness.
C
We've
had
situations
of
oh,
it's,
the
brothers
homecoming,
so
he
had
to
stay
home
to
help
his
brother
or
sister,
get
ready
for
homecoming.
He
has
a
zit
on
his
face.
He
has
a
bad
hair
day.
You
name
the
situation,
we're
going
to
disney
world,
you
name
the
situation.
I
know
I've
heard
I'm
sure
you've
heard
several
different
stories
of
why
they
feel
it's
legitimate
to
the
family,
for
the
students
to
stay
home,
wow.
A
When
I
think
about
families
and
parents,
I
think
some
parents
really
struggle
with
their
child
depending
on
the
level.
You
know.
I
look
at
elementary
and
I
see
that
attachment
sometimes
attachment
piece
at
the
middle
school.
It
could
be
the
middle
school
or
developmentally
might
be
struggling
with
some
things
or
even
at
the
high
school
level,
and
it's
very
difficult
for
parents
when
the
student
is
as
as
as
big
as
they
are
to
let
to
try
to
you
know
for
me
to
try
to
make
a
six
foot
adolescent
go
to
school,
it's
a
struggle.
A
D
I
think
at
the
elementary
level-
and
I
mean
I
guess
this-
could
be
the
middle
school
and
high
school
level
as
well.
I
think
modeling
is
really
really
key
if
students
are
able
to
see
family
members,
even
if
it's
not
just
mom
and
dad,
but
even
big
brother,
big
sister,
you
know
aunt
or
grandma
or
grandpa.
D
If
we
see
that
they
are
valuing
going
to
work
on
time,
valuing
making
sure
they
get
to
whatever
their
family
functions
may
be
on
time
and
are
there
and
then,
when
they
can't
go,
you
know
making
sure
that
they
contact
whoever
it
is
to
let
them
know
they're
not
coming
or
whatever
it
may
be.
I
think
that
models
for
young
students
exactly
what
they
need
to
do
kids
are
always
watching.
I
always
say
that
they're
always
watching
so
parents
may
not
think
that
their
children
are
paying
attention
to
what
they're
doing
or
what
they're
saying.
D
C
Think
also
maintaining
open
lines
of
communication
so
that
the
student
knows
my
mom
is
in
contact
with
my
school
and
the
parent
knows.
If
anything
is
going
on
good
or
bad,
the
counselor,
the
pupil
personnel
worker,
the
classroom
teacher
will
be
in
contact
with
me
to
make
sure
everyone
is
on
the
same
page
that
helps
the
student,
maintain
consistency
and
understand.
Okay,
so
that
works.
A
A
D
Who's
in
the
home,
raising
that
particular
child.
I
think
relationships
are
key.
It's
important
that
we
form
relationships
with
our
families,
it's
not
just
that
they
were
absent.
We
call
home,
we
send
the
note,
that's
it
there's
an
underlying
cause,
why
they
are
absent,
whether
it's
the
fact
that
mom
and
dad
are
working
late
or
working
early
and
they're
getting
themselves
up
and
ready
for
school.
D
Whether
it's
food
is
an
issue
or
transportation
is
an
issue.
Their
basic
needs
are
not
being
met.
I
think
that
people
aren't
going
to
reveal
that
information
if
they're
not
comfortable
with
the
person
they're
revealing
it
to
so,
I
think
it's
very
important
for
many
of
the
student
services
employees
at
your
school,
meaning
your
school
counselor,
your
administrator,
your
school
psychologist,
your
ppw.
C
I
think
that
when
you,
when
you
have
a
student,
where
you
may
be
in
middle
school
by
now,
the
child
may
be
in
middle
school
or
high
school
by
now,
and
the
parent
feels
that
well,
the
school
only
calls
when
something's
wrong.
I
only
get
a
letter
if
he's
true,
and
I
only
he
get
an
email
or
a
phone
call
if
something
negative
is
going
on.
C
I
think
that
the
open
lines
of
communication
and
someone
taking
the
time
to
say
well,
let
me
call
and
share
that
johnny
had
a
good
day
today
or
susie
did
excellent
at
lunch.
She
helped
a
student
with
a
broken
arm
or
anything.
That's
positive,
that'll
help
the
parent
feel
that
okay,
you
are
on
my
side.
You're,
not
just
like
you
said
pride
in
the
way:
you're
not
trying
to
bash
me
or
judge
me,
but
yet
you're
here
to
help
support
my
family
as
a
unit.
A
And
that's
really
important,
because
parents
really
many
of
them,
we've
worked
with,
we
know
struggle.
Yes,
we
struggle
with
that
skill
set
and
what
can
you
do
in
creating
some
strategies
and
putting
some
supports
in
place
for
their
child
and
their
family?
So
when
you
know
for
the
parents
that
are
watching
today
or
for
the
families,
you
know
that
they
do
have
some
concerns
and
they're
not
sure
what
is
the
root
cause
they
might
not,
even
you
know,
think
about.
Sometimes
they
might
not
know
from
the
one
thing
watching
the
show
today.
D
I
think
the
school
administrator
is
always
available.
I
mentioned
a
few
minutes
ago,
the
student
services
team,
meaning
your
school
administrator,
your
people,
personnel
worker,
your
school
counselor
school
psychologist,
and
I
always
say
this
at
least
at
the
elementary
level.
Your
classroom
teacher.
D
Steer
you
in
the
direction
that's
needed
most
elementary
schools,
if
not
all
have
a
full-time
counselor.
So
at
least
you
know
that
counselor
is
there.
There
are
multiple
counselors
on
the
middle
school
and
high
school
level.
I
know
as
a
people,
personnel
worker
you're
split
between
various
schools,
so
you're
not
readily
available
every
day,
but
I
know
the
counselor
and
the
administrator
can
get
in
touch
with
the
people
personnel
workers.
To
give
that
you.
E
F
Hi,
I'm
jody
rissy
when's.
The
last
time
you
watch
food
for
thought,
make
sure
you
tune
in
to
aacps
tv
and
watch
food
for
thought.
I
have
so
many
guests
on
the
show.
We
talk
about
partnerships
here
in
anne
arundel
county
as
well
as
across
the
state.
We
talk
about
breakfast
lunch
even
dinner,
and
our
summer
programs,
fruits
and
vegetables
are
always
a
topic.