Lafayette, California: Lafayette middle-schooler threated with arrest over missed Zoom sessions

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    Lafayette middle-schooler threated with arrest over missed Zoom sessions

    A Lafayette parent wants state truancy laws changed after he received a letter from his son’s middle school, threatening the child with arrest for missing 90 minutes of classes on Zoom. Mark Mastrov said he knows other Lafayette parents who have received similar letters as students adjust to distance learning as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps classrooms shuttered. Mastrov’s 12-year-old son, a seventh-grader at Stanley Middle School, missed three 30-minute Zoom sessions during a single day last month, according to the school. “Out of the blue, we got this letter. It said my son had missed classes and at the bottom, ...


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    California middle school student threatened with jail for missing online Zoom classes – Jaweb

    A middle school student in California was threatened with being put in jail for missing online Zoom classes, according to the boy’s father. Mark Mastrov said his family recently received a letter from his son’s middle school after his seventh-grade son reportedly missed 90 minutes of online classes. Mastrov said his son is a straight-A student who denies missing any classes. The father hypothesizes that his son may have logged in after the teacher had already taken roll call during three 30-minute classes, causing the teacher to mark him absent. “I am not sure what happened,” Mastrov said. What Mastrov ...


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