Senior ditch day on Friday?

[Anonymous]

So says my DC. Why do they have so many? And they have a half day next week and spring break starting at the end of the month.

DC asked for permission. I'm thinking, no, but DC said *all* their friends will be ditching that day.

WTH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So says my DC. Why do they have so many? And they have a half day next week and spring break starting at the end of the month.

DC asked for permission. I'm thinking, no, but DC said *all* their friends will be ditching that day.

WTH.

If he's asking for permission, he's doing it all wrong!

[Anonymous]

LOL you do realize this is not official or school-sanctioned, right?

[Anonymous]

My senior doesn't miss school unless he knows there won't be much instruction (it's an assembly day, key teachers will be absent), or he's sick. He even scheduled his admitted student days when he's out of school.

So not every senior is doing this, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My senior doesn't miss school unless he knows there won't be much instruction (it's an assembly day, key teachers will be absent), or he's sick. He even scheduled his admitted student days when he's out of school.

So not every senior is doing this, OP.

oh, Mar 10 is admitted students day at UMD. Maybe that's why a lot of seniors won't be in school, so the others feel like they can skip?

To a PP, DC has to ask permission because otherwise I get notified of the absence, and DC knows I won't be happy about it.

and of course I know it's not school sanctioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My senior doesn't miss school unless he knows there won't be much instruction (it's an assembly day, key teachers will be absent), or he's sick. He even scheduled his admitted student days when he's out of school.

So not every senior is doing this, OP.

oh, Mar 10 is admitted students day at UMD. Maybe that's why a lot of seniors won't be in school, so the others feel like they can skip?

To a PP, DC has to ask permission because otherwise I get notified of the absence, and DC knows I won't be happy about it.

and of course I know it's not school sanctioned.

Yeah, he picked March 31st - professional day.

[Anonymous]

Just makes sure he knows that you will not be writing a note so any consequences will be his to deal with (there may be none)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just makes sure he knows that you will not be writing a note so any consequences will be his to deal with (there may be none)

Can’t 18 year olds write their own notes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just makes sure he knows that you will not be writing a note so any consequences will be his to deal with (there may be none)

Can’t 18 year olds write their own notes?

they don't do notes anymore. They want emails to the attendance admin, at least in our HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just makes sure he knows that you will not be writing a note so any consequences will be his to deal with (there may be none)

Can’t 18 year olds write their own notes?

they don't do notes anymore. They want emails to the attendance admin, at least in our HS.

Either way, aren’t 18 year olds allowed to do their own? At our HS, it’s a form now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just makes sure he knows that you will not be writing a note so any consequences will be his to deal with (there may be none)

Can’t 18 year olds write their own notes?

they don't do notes anymore. They want emails to the attendance admin, at least in our HS.

Either way, aren’t 18 year olds allowed to do their own? At our HS, it’s a form now.

That's actually a good question. I don't know how that works. 18 yr olds are adults. They don't need parent permission for *anything*.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My senior doesn't miss school unless he knows there won't be much instruction (it's an assembly day, key teachers will be absent), or he's sick. He even scheduled his admitted student days when he's out of school.

So not every senior is doing this, OP.

oh, Mar 10 is admitted students day at UMD. Maybe that's why a lot of seniors won't be in school, so the others feel like they can skip?

To a PP, DC has to ask permission because otherwise I get notified of the absence, and DC knows I won't be happy about it.

and of course I know it's not school sanctioned.

If you know it's not school sanctioned and formal, then why are you asking why they have so many? It's not like it's calendared and organized. Pretty much just an influential group of seniors decide when to skip and then they spread the word and those who decide to follow along do so. So they'll do as many as they feel like doing. So you shouldn't have any expectation of cadence and frequency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My senior doesn't miss school unless he knows there won't be much instruction (it's an assembly day, key teachers will be absent), or he's sick. He even scheduled his admitted student days when he's out of school.

So not every senior is doing this, OP.

oh, Mar 10 is admitted students day at UMD. Maybe that's why a lot of seniors won't be in school, so the others feel like they can skip?

To a PP, DC has to ask permission because otherwise I get notified of the absence, and DC knows I won't be happy about it.

and of course I know it's not school sanctioned.

If you know it's not school sanctioned and formal, then why are you asking why they have so many? It's not like it's calendared and organized. Pretty much just an influential group of seniors decide when to skip and then they spread the word and those who decide to follow along do so. So they'll do as many as they feel like doing. So you shouldn't have any expectation of cadence and frequency.

I'm just asking a general question of why these seniors are organizing it so close to spring break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My senior doesn't miss school unless he knows there won't be much instruction (it's an assembly day, key teachers will be absent), or he's sick. He even scheduled his admitted student days when he's out of school.

So not every senior is doing this, OP.

oh, Mar 10 is admitted students day at UMD. Maybe that's why a lot of seniors won't be in school, so the others feel like they can skip?

To a PP, DC has to ask permission because otherwise I get notified of the absence, and DC knows I won't be happy about it.

and of course I know it's not school sanctioned.

If you know it's not school sanctioned and formal, then why are you asking why they have so many? It's not like it's calendared and organized. Pretty much just an influential group of seniors decide when to skip and then they spread the word and those who decide to follow along do so. So they'll do as many as they feel like doing. So you shouldn't have any expectation of cadence and frequency.

I'm just asking a general question of why these seniors are organizing it so close to spring break.

There is no organizing. MCPS high schools are HUGE. Just because your kid heard of a few seniors skipping school on UMD's admitted student day, either to attend that or to do something else, it doesn't mean that many seniors have heard of this or will follow. This is why it seems you're hearing about it frequently: it's because every time it's a small group of kids, and probably not the same ones each time.

Really. It's not hard to figure out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So says my DC. Why do they have so many? And they have a half day next week and spring break starting at the end of the month.

DC asked for permission. I'm thinking, no, but DC said *all* their friends will be ditching that day.

WTH.

If he's asking for permission, he's doing it all wrong!

When I was a senior we could write our own notes at age 18.