<p>Our DD missed a lot of school at the beginning of the year due to illness and the school was more than accommodating. At our school if you call the school nurse and let her know what is going on she will tell you want you need to do. In our case we just needed a note from her dr and all of her absences were excused. The teachers were fantastic about make-up work too. She missed a total of 3 full weeks of school and 15 partial days all before Christmas break so it was a lot of school. Even with the make up work though, her grades dipped, not terribly but enough.</p>