My sister moved from here (NY) to GA a couple years ago and it's totally insane there, too! Her oldest had 5 missed days by the end of last Feb-so only 5 days absent from early Aug through end of Feb-she got a letter to appear in truancy court AND pay a $500 fine WHAT???? She's a single mom of 3, she called the superintendent and went off on him. Asked him if he was going to babysit her boys while she went to court and if the school district was going to cover her copay since they do want a Dr note every time a kid is sick and her Dr wants to see them. She ended up not having to go to court or pay the fine. My sister is a little over the top lol but she's been through a lot the last few years!
Love how your sister handled it. I think she handled it like someone from NY would. I am from NJ and that is what I would do. It sounds like a lot of school systems have over corrected for truancy. I would be very upset if my child was absent for 5 seperate days and I have to get a doctor's note to have it excused. My child is an adult and when she was in school they wouldn't let her back in school if I told them she was sick with a fever the day before and no doctor's note needed. How times have changed. Some places sound like they no longer trust parents when children are sick. I didn't take my child to the doctor unless it was something he could treat. A virus is not one. So go ahead and send your children to school so everyone else gets sick because that makes sense or I can go to court. This is ridiculous.
Yes, here they want your child "fever-free" for 24 hours before returning to school, so for instance if you get a call to pick your child up from school because they have a fever and then you attempt to send them to school the next day, you'll get another call to pick them up lol! Now in those strict states, is the day they go to school and go home sick considered an absence? Excused? Not excused? I don't need to be worrying about all this when one of my kids is sick!
I didn’t even know these existed till last week! I filled them out for my kids by googling other people’s answers lol. But I’m thrilled our school considers a WDW trip educational!
This is the way it should be!
That is how it used to be here. I don't have any children currently in school so I can't say that is still the policy in Connecticut. I grew up in New Jersey and the policy was the same as yours. It sounds to me like certain states or school districts had problems with truancy and over corrected(i.e. made ridiculous rules that sounded like they would combat the problem but in reality don't). We Americans are famous for over correcting for things IMHO. I am glad you still have reasonable rules where you are.Wow feeling pretty lucky about our schools sick day policies! We live in Ontario Canada and we just need to give the school a quick call in the morning if our kids will be absent that day. We have had teachers send students home if they are not well and tell them to stay home until they are better so they don't spread it to the rest of the class. We take our kids out of school for WDW almost every year for 8 or 9 days (we drive to WDW) and the teachers responses have always been "Have fun!!". Some teachers send work, others keep folders at school called "A catch up folder" and whenever a student is absent they just put the days work in that folder so the students can catch up when they get back. We will continue to go as long as our kids do well in school and have no problems catching up. Our 3rd child DS5 is mischievous so that may change, LOL. We will also have to switch to Canadian March Break when our oldest is in Grade 8. My cousin took her 3 out of school every year for Disney until they were in high school and then it was March Break trips. All 3 are on the Deans list now in University. I think as long as they are doing well in school it should be up to the parents if they want to take their kids out of school for vacations. I think family time is good for the kids and sometimes parents work vacation time doesn't coincide with school breaks. Well this is just my opinion, everyone knows what is best for their own family. No judgement here.
So according to others on the boards and past years, there is a chance of Disney extending hours for November today. Anyone wanna place bets on whether that will happen or not lol
So according to others on the boards and past years, there is a chance of Disney extending hours for November today. Anyone wanna place bets on whether that will happen or not lol
I wonder what time of day it's usually done.
Me too! Plus they're only in PreK and 1st grade, so they're not missing too much! I also think it's because they go to a private school...the school is probably just happy to have our money so they won't complain when we take off!
