The Pros And Cons Of Truancy

Obtaining an education is essential in today’s society. Most students who attend school on a regular basis usually succeed in life. On the other hand, many students fail to attend school every day which can lead to problems in schools. However, some students have acceptable reasons for dropping out. As a result, a student’s punctuality can ultimately alter his or her education. On that note, dropping out of high school can affect an individual in many ways throughout the years. Schools are facing challenges dealing with high dropout rates, high rates of truancy, and low graduation rates because students are failing to attend school.

Studies show that the amount of discipline referrals issued go down. The Chattooga county school district saw a 73% drop in discipline referrals(Vittana). This is because the students had an extra day off and don’t have to focus for five straight days on school. In addition to being more rested from the extra day off. Students that are more focused and rested learn better. So it increases the value of class time where a 5 day school week by Friday students can be unfocused and not rested. That leads to unhappy students who aren’t learning and probably gonna distract other students to keep them from learning. So

If we have a planed days off it is easier to plan a family trip for family's. First of all if you pull you kid or kids out of school for a trip your kids will lose more information than over breaks. Second students score 20% less at the end of the year than in the middle because of how many time they went on a trip. The number of school year round has increased to 3,181 over 42 states. Than means that most schools have planned days off and easier for students and staff. However if you have an older kids and they need to support themselves they still need time for a job and

How would you feel if you were in school on The Fourth of July when it was sunny and 100° outside? Since the early 1900’s schools have been changing over to year round education. The original school calendar was based around the harvest schedule, so that the children were home to help their parents in the field. This is why year round schooling started in the urban areas because there were no fields to be harvested. (Scholastic 1) Year round education does not mean more days of instruction, it simply means extended education over a longer period of time, separated by two week vacation intervals. (Scholastic 2) It is still 180 days of education. Even though some people may say that year round school helps with overcrowding of students in classes, we should not have year round school because It leads to more high school drop outs due to the fact that the students become unmotivated and do not learn more over a longer period of time.

Schoolboards make claims that some holidays are more important than others. The days out of school for those not in year round school, are in a longer period of time, but it can create stress and anxiety problems at the start of the year. If year round school laws were put into effect, this would increase the number of vacations and minimize the risk of stress issues. Stress can become a huge factor in bad grades which if not corrected could damage the students personal record.

First and foremost, they are fewer days to attend. In other words kids would have to come to school less. For Example Bill’s school is on this ,and bill can do a lot of his make-up work. Because he gots a three day weekend ,and besides the more hours we have to go. This is a really good idea for kids and teachers because teachers

Four Day School Act is beneficial for students attending middle school through twelfth grade along with school faculty. This program is important for students who lose focus and began being disengaged in classes towards the weekend giving them enough time to recuperate an extra day. The other option is to cut Monday as well since it is the beginning of the week where students to also be less engaged. The possible outcome effect is less absences, higher test scores, and less yelling from teachers to stay on task. While students are out on Thursday, that leaves Friday for school faculty to prepare for the following week. Teachers can accomplish various things even schedule meetings on a Monday or a Friday.

Studies have also shown that from shifting the school day to start later in the morning resulted in a boost in attendance, test scores, and grades in FOUR of the major subjects increased. Which is very important in a student’s life because they need to learn how big of a role attendance plays in everyday life, it also shows students what they are capable of in school, which make students more confident to go to college. It also showed a decrease in tardiness, substance abuse, and symptoms of depression. This is important because if a teen starts abusing substances at a young age there is high chance that they will continue to abuse them later on in life. And some even showed a dramatic decrease in teen car accidents. Also if teen feel rushed they think they have to drive fast to get to school on time, which highly increase crash rates among

sleepy, and didn’t get enough rest like they should be getting. Some student will not want to do their

Some minors receive fines for curfew issues up to five hundred dollars, or even have to do work for the community. A curfew is a time you have to be in at night. Although many people in The Outsiders didn’t have a curfew, I believe if they had one, it would have helped them.

A two to three month gap during the summer for school children is no longer viable in today’s education

This law does allow exceptions for youths traveling to school, religious and work-related events, or emergency situations. Most states have adopted the curfew law that applies to all youths under the age of 17. This curfew law state during the school term, usually from the month of September through June, youths must be off the streets between the hours 11pm and 6am. From July through August, usually summer school break, youths must be off the streets between the hours of 12 am and 6 am. Any violation of these time constraints is a statue offense (Yeide, 2009). Not only is it an offense, it presents juveniles with plenty of opportunities to become willing participants in criminal activities. Many juveniles, roaming the streets past curfew are more likely to encounter adult criminals. These adult criminals take advantage of these impressionable, and vulnerable juveniles, that are manipulated and led to a life of crime, selling drugs, stealing or prostitution.

Summer learning loss is only one major problem of the famous three month long vacation from school (Ballinger and Kneese 2). The traditional school calendar was created during a time when children needed to help work at the farm, and we are far past being a primarily

Elementary days are the years when children get sick easy and the years when children just wanna be outside playing and running around. These are the years that children have to be watched 24/7 to avoid any dangerous while doing those activities.During the summer is when children can not always be watched because they are not at school with teachers who can supervise and parents are usually working. So parents usually try to find a solution to this problem, they either hire a babysitter,take the child to work with them or just leave them alone.

The fifth day of the four day school week is dedicated to professional development, so although students are not attending school, the teachers are. The school districts nationwide will be required to pay teachers the same salary as before, and because teachers will be at the school during the fifth day, schools will not be saving any money on utility costs. Parents will also have a problem with four day school weeks, especially if their child is younger. The parents of the younger children would have to find someone to watch their child(ren) on the day given off. Although it may be great for the child care industry, it is inconvenient for the parents. If the child is old enough to stay home, the parents will still have to find away to make sure the child is fed, especially if the parents rely on free or discounted food from the schools, but also make sure that they are in a safe environment while at