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phone number, but we cannot share student-specific data. We can’t say, ‘John Smith
has six unexcused absences, and 10 religious absences, and 25 excused absences.'”
Lynch said the district has turned to the U.S. Department of Education and a Family
Court judge for permission to give Williams the information he’d need, but were turned
down both times.
Williams argued that there’s another option. FERPA, he said, has a provision that allows
for school districts to share additional student information with a law enforcement
agency if they obtain a memorandum of understanding.
Lost in all of the back-and-forth is the fact that the school district already has a similar
policy in place. Lynch said the district refers chronically truant students and their
families to the Department of Human Services.
“I don’t know what people think we do here,” she said. “Attendance is an electronic
process, especially in our high schools. We’re accurately keeping track of who’s there
and who’s not there … it’s not something we do haphazardly.”
Williams said he’s not trying to antagonize the district or Superintendent William Hite.
There’s a worrisome connection between kids who drop out of school, or don’t bother
going regularly, and then end up committing a violent crime, or becoming the victim of
one.
“I’m just saying, clearly what we’re doing now isn’t enough,” he said. We have a
dysfunctional system, and I want to be part of the solution.”
Read more at https://www.phillymag.com/citified/2016/03/29/truant-philadelphia-publicschools/#KzpPUlyMIPEYZY31.99
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Attendance - Elementary and Secondary Public School
Attendance Rates (2001-2009)
Location
Education
Data
Type
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Philadelphia--
Philadelphia City
(Urban)
Elementary Percent 91.2% 90.8% 91.4% 91.2% 91.3% 91.6% 92.1% 96.7%
Secondary Percent 83.1% 83.6% 83.4% 83.8% 84.4% 85.7% 85.9% 95.3%
Kids Count Data Center
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