+1 in our Kensington elementary |
| It’s your child, OP. You owe the school nothing. Tell them you are picking him up early and the reason is something your not comfortable sharing. |
| Teacher here. We've got so much going on all day every day that I wouldn't even think about why Larlo was leaving early. I have students who have already missed more than 25+ days of school at this point that your kid leaving early one day wouldn't even get my attention. |
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I only tell the teacher when I think it could have an impact on my kid - going to get first COVID shot - she might be a little squirrley today thinking about it. Or we are going to be late - getting her COVID shot, so that teacher knows that happened and can take it seriously if she says she is not feeling well.
I also told the teacher when our dog died and when I gave birth. These were things that I thought might impact how my DD behaved at school and I wanted to give a heads up to the teacher. [As a teacher, I always appreciate that.] But if there is no impact (picking up because of sports, going out of town, dentist, Dad has the day off and wants to take her somewhere] then I would not mention it. As a teacher, I do not care at all why a kid is out. Getting a shot, going to see grandma, getting fitted for your Nutcracker costume -- all of that is cool with me. |
| I don't even notify the teacher. I just show up, sign them out and we leave. |
+1. Most parents don't even tell me they just show up and take the student out. We don't mark these unexcused at our school. |
Not dull, just don't think it is funny. |
IA. We weren't one of those parents who made homework optional like I see on here, but we didn't stress over missed days during elementary school. I traveled quite a bit internationally when they were younger and I took them (and the nanny) on trips with me at different times. They learned a ton while missing school and those are memories they still look back on today (at ages 14, 17, 19, 20). Also, I'm very glad I did this while they were younger so they got to experience so many different countries/cities/nationalities pre-pandemic. Just like how the world was never the same after 9/11, I don't believe the world and travel will ever be the same due to the pandemic. Them tagging along pretty much stopped by at least 7th grade. My oldest came on one trip I remember when she was in 6th grade, but it just so happened that the trip fell during a long weekend so she only missed 1 day of school. Middle school and high school teachers are very strict about unexcused absences and less likely to let them make up work missed. |
I tell both. I just think it's nice to give the teacher a heads-up. |
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I will say the # of absences before they send a letter is not nearly as high as you would think. We had a bad year when she was in 1st grade where we were all sick most of October through March with an out of state funeral thrown in. She absolutely missed 14 days (I had doctors notes for most minus the funeral) and we got the fun letter that we were in danger of having a visit from the truancy board.
Her sick days were also not sniffles, most were legit fevers over 101 from random virus', the flu, norovirus and strep. Yeah it was a fun time that winter... We tell the teacher why, because as we've found our kid will most likely tell them as well lol. She doesn't keep secrets well. We try to limit it as much as possible obviously, and thankfully have not had another winter like that one from hell. |
| Our kids teachers want us to tell them as far ahead as possible so they can factor it into plans for group work. We are in DCPS. |
Sounds dumb. |
Oh, I don't do it for the school. I do it to amuse myself and the kids. |
I think it's cute. Reminds me of that cartoon Bluey. |
This! This is all you need to do! |