Doctor's note

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most schools are requiring notes from the office because there are plenty of parents who lie. It was amazing to me the other day when I had 4 kids miss my 1st period test, all with variations of doctor/dentist/ortho appt/appt run late. 🙄 yeah, right.

Dear Teacher, I appreciate you and the inconvenience of doing make-ups for kids who have a huge variety of excuses. But, these ortho/doctor/dentist offices require that we make appointments up to 6 months in advance, and we parents aren't able to guess when tests might be, or reschedule the appointments at the last minute. I know it is a hassle, but we aren't all liars. I will admit to having lied when my kid had 4 or 5 tests on a single day.

[Anonymous]

You should just treat it like you would for a sick day at work. Just send an email or call that the child is sick and he is staying at home. For extended sick leave over 5 days I think it’s reasonable to ask for a doctor note, my workplace does ask for one. Otherwise it’s none of their business.

[Anonymous]

I would either call the doctor’s office and ask if they could send the form they use for these situations. Or I would write an excuse note myself. I think the school is saying they need some kind of written documentation to excuse an absence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

NP
If you’re talking about Blair that woman is over the top. She called to verify a note we sent to excuse my son 15 minutes early for an appointment. Fifteen minutes before the end of school! She’s like the attendance Gestapo.

She calls to verify all parent notes. I assume enough kids are forging notes to make her effort worthwhile…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most schools are requiring notes from the office because there are plenty of parents who lie. It was amazing to me the other day when I had 4 kids miss my 1st period test, all with variations of doctor/dentist/ortho appt/appt run late. 🙄 yeah, right.

Dear Teacher, I appreciate you and the inconvenience of doing make-ups for kids who have a huge variety of excuses. But, these ortho/doctor/dentist offices require that we make appointments up to 6 months in advance, and we parents aren't able to guess when tests might be, or reschedule the appointments at the last minute. I know it is a hassle, but we aren't all liars. I will admit to having lied when my kid had 4 or 5 tests on a single day.

We all aren't liars...but I've lied when it benefited my child! The problem with this mindset is that if every student did this, the teacher would lose a lot of time trying to give retakes, but only the entitled fee benefit instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most schools are requiring notes from the office because there are plenty of parents who lie. It was amazing to me the other day when I had 4 kids miss my 1st period test, all with variations of doctor/dentist/ortho appt/appt run late. 🙄 yeah, right.

Dear Teacher, I appreciate you and the inconvenience of doing make-ups for kids who have a huge variety of excuses. But, these ortho/doctor/dentist offices require that we make appointments up to 6 months in advance, and we parents aren't able to guess when tests might be, or reschedule the appointments at the last minute. I know it is a hassle, but we aren't all liars. I will admit to having lied when my kid had 4 or 5 tests on a single day.

We all aren't liars...but I've lied when it benefited my child! The problem with this mindset is that if every student did this, the teacher would lose a lot of time trying to give retakes, but only the entitled few* benefit instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

How would she respond to absences for religious observances? Can she deny my child for Spaghetti Monster days of observance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

NP
If you’re talking about Blair that woman is over the top. She called to verify a note we sent to excuse my son 15 minutes early for an appointment. Fifteen minutes before the end of school! She’s like the attendance Gestapo.

She calls to verify all parent notes. I assume enough kids are forging notes to make her effort worthwhile…

That's not true. She only calls about suspicious ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

NP
If you’re talking about Blair that woman is over the top. She called to verify a note we sent to excuse my son 15 minutes early for an appointment. Fifteen minutes before the end of school! She’s like the attendance Gestapo.

+1
Tip of the iceberg. This is certainly a waste of everyone's time but there's a lot worse.

[Anonymous]

I've never provided a doctor's note unless they've been sick for 3 or more days. I just dropped my kid off yesterday around 10 because he had a dentist appointment. It was excused with no note.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

NP
If you’re talking about Blair that woman is over the top. She called to verify a note we sent to excuse my son 15 minutes early for an appointment. Fifteen minutes before the end of school! She’s like the attendance Gestapo.

She calls to verify all parent notes. I assume enough kids are forging notes to make her effort worthwhile…

That's not true. She only calls about suspicious ones.

Too funny—she calls every time. My handwriting must look child like!

[Anonymous]

If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our mcps school absence form says this:”Fill out this form to let us know that your child will be absent and/or missing instruction. Please remember that MCPS requires a doctor’s note for all students absent 5 days or more.” Never been asked for a note, and I think it was marked as “excused” when I listed illness as reason, even without note.

My kid was sick with the flu and missed more than the allotted days… so we sent our note along with a doctor’s note upon return to school. A slight pain, but the policy was pretty clear. And, I get it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

NP
If you’re talking about Blair that woman is over the top. She called to verify a note we sent to excuse my son 15 minutes early for an appointment. Fifteen minutes before the end of school! She’s like the attendance Gestapo.

She calls to verify all parent notes. I assume enough kids are forging notes to make her effort worthwhile…

That's not true. She only calls about suspicious ones.

Too funny—she calls every time. My handwriting must look child like!

Me too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..