When we were in school (25 years ago!), the rule was that you couldn't miss more than 15 days in a grading period no matter what. If you did, you received no credit for the coursework. That was high school. I think that's reasonable -- and if you had to take your kid out for a once in a lifetime event, you could work out some option beforehand to make up the credits. Maybe summer school, college coursework or repeating it in the next year? I'd imagine that would make the decision weigh more heavily on the family and they would have to decide if the trip was worth the cost. It would also make sense educationally.
In the elementary years, I don't get the strict guidelines. If your work is suffering, then the parents will need to help or you will be held back. I can't see a few days to visit grandma resulting in repeating third grade.
It shouldn't be the teacher's responisbility to catch up the student for a planned absence. They should provide the work and the family has to help. It was their choice, after all. I don't think a teacher should have to seriously rework her schedule because a student went out of town for a week. The student and the family should bear this burden. I wouldn't have a problem with this, either.
Here, you get two days to make up work here for each day of an excused absence; after that, it is a zero. Same for testing date extensions. If you don't notify the school about an absence of any kind, you are called, your emergency contacts are called and then the police are called -- for safety reasons (they say). It's a small town. Honestly, I think if I heard the police or my neighbors had been called because I forgot to tell the school we were going out of town, I'd NEVER forget again! I've never heard about truancy being charged; I did overhear the guidance counselor talking to the school secretary about how they needed to have some parents in for a conference because of the extended absences of their child. All excused -- but way beyond acceptable. I think that's what a good school system would do - check it out and figure out what's going on.
In the elementary years, I don't get the strict guidelines. If your work is suffering, then the parents will need to help or you will be held back. I can't see a few days to visit grandma resulting in repeating third grade.
It shouldn't be the teacher's responisbility to catch up the student for a planned absence. They should provide the work and the family has to help. It was their choice, after all. I don't think a teacher should have to seriously rework her schedule because a student went out of town for a week. The student and the family should bear this burden. I wouldn't have a problem with this, either.
Here, you get two days to make up work here for each day of an excused absence; after that, it is a zero. Same for testing date extensions. If you don't notify the school about an absence of any kind, you are called, your emergency contacts are called and then the police are called -- for safety reasons (they say). It's a small town. Honestly, I think if I heard the police or my neighbors had been called because I forgot to tell the school we were going out of town, I'd NEVER forget again! I've never heard about truancy being charged; I did overhear the guidance counselor talking to the school secretary about how they needed to have some parents in for a conference because of the extended absences of their child. All excused -- but way beyond acceptable. I think that's what a good school system would do - check it out and figure out what's going on.
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