Senior Skip Day - in the Fall?

CheckersMidwest
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:46:07 +0000

We always have a spring senior skip day. It is not planned by the school, but by the kids. We don’t really have TRUE excused absenses here - even when you’re sick or visiting college. You can make up your work, but it still applies to the total 5 days per semester you’re allowed to miss. At 5 days, you’re reported to Division of Family Services for truancy. Even if you had notes from doctors, deaths in the family, chicken pox or surgery, etc. Unexcused would be skipping or no notes, I guess.

Last year, S did skip with the majority of the class. The seniors that DID attend school that day, were sent home at noon for ‘good behavior’ and were excused for the rest of the day.