Attendance is a real problem for some families. Children can't learn if they don't come to school and some families just don't get how important that learning is. We have to come up with a plan that not only the children buy into ,but also the parents. We send out threatening letters, make them go to court, have them pay fines and still they do not or can not get their kids to school. In some situations the problem is actually the parent. They don't want to get up so the child doesn't get up either. Sometimes the parents wants the child's company or maybe they need the child to babysit a younger sibling. When it's the parents fault It makes sense to make them pay a fine. It doesn't always work, but we have to do something. In other families the parent wants the Chilean to go to school but the child refuses. Sometimes the parent even drops the child at the school and still the child doesn't o into the building and go to class. In these classes fining the parents doesn't do any good at all. They already want their child at school. Sens the fines don't seem to be working what can we do. One idea I had was parenting classes. If we can provide parents with some knowledge and tools maybe they will be more capable and willing to get their kids to school. We also need to start asking why kids don't want to be there and work on helping them be more motivated. They have to understand how important an education is. They also have to feel safe and cared for at school. Finding something that actually draws then to school may also help. It seems to be a pattern that has to bee broken. We have a little guy who use to miss at least one, usually two or three, day a week. We would talk to him and bribe him and beg him to come, but he still missed school consistently.All of the sudden, for reasons we can't explain, he started coming everyday. First it was one whole week. Then it was two whole weeks. He just finish his forth whole week with out missing a single day. We praised him every step of the way, but I don't think that is why he is attending. I think he is attending because he is starting to see how successful he can be. His work is all caught up and his grades are great. he tells me how smart he is. he is coming to school for himself and I wish I could figure out how to make other kids feel the same way.