The school has cracked down on disengaged students, according to a statement by its director, Sharon Williams, who said a policy adopted
last December mandates
attendance at online
classes for those students who do not log in, repeatedly fail to complete lessons or are failing three courses.
As a 7th grade student, Mandy had been failing every
class at her
last school, her
attendance was terrible, she had been hospitalized with suicidal tendencies and she absolutely hated school.
20 In this chapter, formal parenting support was measured using items concerning regular
attendance at parent and baby or parent and toddler groups with the cohort child in the
last year; any participation in a programme, group or seminar on child development, child behaviour, or parenting in the
last year (examples given were Triple P - Positive Parenting Programme, Baby massage, Incredible Years Programme, Mellow Parenting, Baby yoga, Swimming
classes / groups, Baby sensory, Tuneful tots (music
classes / rhymes etc), PEEP parent education, Book Bug / libraries); and using, visiting or contacting any of five Government - sponsored resources (Childcare Link website or phoneline, ParentLine Scotland website or phoneline, ChildSmile website or ChildSmile dental services, Play, Talk, Read website, Play @Home booklets)