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APS committee weighs fixed excused-day approach to support civic engagement and mental-health absences
Summary
The committee discussed adopting a capped set of excused absences for civic engagement and mental-health reasons (examples ranged from 5 to 8 days), reviewed Fulton County’s model, and agreed to table a numeric decision pending more analysis.
The Atlanta Public Schools Policy Review Committee on April 16 discussed whether to create a set number of excused absence days to accommodate civic engagement, mental-health days and other events, comparing APS’s current approach with Fulton County’s model.
Members described the initial intent — to make it easier for students to attend civic events such as city council or school-board…
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