Senior Skip Day - in the Fall?

Lafalum84
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:26:50 +0000

Our hs has zero tolerance for any type of Skip days. Kids who are absent on those days without a doctor’s note take a zero for all classwork, and teachers are told not to give make-up quizzes or tests. The administration’s feeling is: if the taxpayers are paying for school to be open, and the teachers are showing up, and at least some of the kids are showing up, why should they all waste their time because half of one grade wants to party? There were supposed to be two senior skip days last spring, both fizzled.

We’ve had this issue when local pro sports teams win championships and the city gives them a big parade - on a weekday. Parents are fans, so they let the kids go to the parade. That leaves the teachers and 2/3 of the kids in school, while 1/3 of the kids are off partying. Our school said anyone absent on a parade day without a doctor’s note took a zero for all classwork and no makeup work would be given. Parents got ticked, they said they approved the absence and that’s all that matters, but why should the teachers and the kids who showed up waste their time repeating material for those who were at the parade?