<p>Hello, </p>
<p>I’m a junior at a school in California. I’m in a conflict with my school administration due to excessive absences that I’ve accumulated so far this year. As of right now, I have 55 period absences - 30 of those were due to a family emergency (nephew had a seizure) and 24 are doctor visits; aka multiple dentist appointments where I took the whole day off after dental work and the other one is when I was tardy and missed first period. </p>
<p>Now, here is the problem - the family emergency isn’t excused so there are a total of 31 (including skipped period) unexcused absences which puts me on a path towards SARB board. Even with those 24 periods that have doctors notes, I’m still on path towards SARB. For those who don’t know, SARB stands for the School Attendance Review Board which is a board that deals with excessive absences in the state of California - it’s not something that I really want to deal with. </p>
<p>An option that has been presented to me is to transfer to an Independent Study program (such as K12 or other local programs) and then transfer back to my regular high school at the beginning of next year. On an acceptance to college perspective, is this a bad idea? Will they frown upon Independent Study programs or online schooling? </p>
<p>Thanks! </p>