<p>Fredsfam,</p>
<p>I agree. I would go to the school and present the situation just as you did. It won’t change anything for your child, but perhaps the teacher and principal will rethink how a common mistake shouldn’t have that much impact. I have long been against severe punishments for an irregular mistake a student might make. It’s one thing if a student repeatedly forgets to bring in an assignment or whatever, but a simple one-time human mistake shouldn’t be so consequential. After all, the teachers and principals make similar mistakes - forgetting something at home or whatever, and they don’t see any punishment at all…it’s not as if a teacher gets her pay docked if she forgets to bring something or leaves something in her car and needs to return to it to get it. </p>
<p>That said, if your child has the stats for NMF, then he likely has the stats to merit money from schools. Have you looked into that? Did he apply anywhere that gives NMSF’s money? What are his test scores? What is his major?</p>