schools closed but still ASS parking?

BTW, as I am sure everyone knows by now, schools really are closed today! LOL

LongTimeSloper wrote: [quote=xlizellx]Of my 26 students I had 18 come in. I called the 8 homes of my absent kids - 3 newly disconnected phone lines and 5 responses of "it's cold outside" - it's not far fetched for me at all.

You called yoru students homes? In all my years of parenting, I have never, ever had a teacher call my house when one of my kids was absent. Do you teach at a private school?

No - it's public.
Since the tragedy of nixzmary brown, teachers are calling sooner to find out what's going on. I believe that NYC DOE teachers MUST call home on the 3rd consecutive absences and then if they can't find out the reason/get a doctor's note, they send the attendance secretary to the house to find out the reason.

With me, I call mostly to remind parents to BRING THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL. We've only been in session 102 days, but I have kids with 30+ absences already.

I'm guessing xlizellx doesn't teach in PS or a neighborhood with a similar demographic if she teaches younger kids, but maybe high schoolers everywhere skip a lot. I can't imagine having to make all of those calls, but the students are lucky to have a teacher who does.