This is about Middle School and Absenteeism

HImom
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:29:14 +0000

Our kids missed 1/4-1/2 the school year each year of HS due to health issues We did have to meet regularly with the private HS about this. Despite the MD notes, all their absences were considered “unexcused,” and I didn’t bother to fight it. S still graduated as a NMF but D was asked to leave after JR year because she was unable to handle them giving her multiple exams each day that she was back in school–it was just WAY too much for her. She ended up getting a GED & starting CC early instead, which was much better for her limited stamina than continuing to fight with the HS.

I was told by public school teachers that our kids would have had even more trouble with their prolong absences due to health issues than they did at the private HS because of state laws and regs. It was awful enough. Our MD got to the point she was willing to fax us and the school any notes for absences that we needed; the school continued to ignore them.