ollieblueeyes
Proud Parent
I never give a reason why my daughter is off school. It's a message line and I as the parent don't feel as though I have to explain. No one has ever said anything and there is no lie! Simple!
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In your situation, if they insisted on a reason I would bight the bullet and tell the truth. Maybe your battle now will make it easier I'm the future.
"I find it crazy that my DD can miss a day of school to go do a chorus show. Or that in middle school said:Agree completely. My kids have missed classroom time for chorus, band, cheerleading, odyssey of the mind, Astrocamp, swimming parties, and track. Not an eyelash batted. Somehow if an activity or sport originates outside the school it's not important or enriching. I call BS.
She went one over when we had to go again for a funeral, and we already had our warning notice from the district.
The other thing I try to do if it is feasible is get her in for registration which is first thing and just after lunch. If I grab her just after the second registration then no absence is recorded at all. Obviously this isn't always possible but can work for a travel day.
We haven't had to face that yet here, but I can see it being an issue here as well (in Texas). They're very strict about how many days can be missed. I don't really hear about them dragging parents into court over it (although I'm sure they would if it was excessive), but I did have one person tell me that she had to file a petition because they were going to hold her son back (this was an honor student) because he had been in the hospital for an extended period of time.
However, official attendance is taken at 10:00 am, so if they are there at that time, they are officially present for the day. So does your state have any kind of rule like that, and she could just go to school for a little while the first day, then only be counted absent one day?