Private school interview absence

[Anonymous]

Are absences for private school high school interviews considered excused by MCPS?

[Anonymous]

There is no excuses or not. An absence is noted regardless of its for a doctor, interview, or incarceration. You don’t need to tell the school anything specific. Just note “appointment” when signing back in for the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are absences for private school high school interviews considered excused by MCPS?

No

[Anonymous]

Who cares. You are leaving this crappy district fo r private school. Best decision ever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares. You are leaving this crappy district fo r private school. Best decision ever

Yep. She is leaving the envy of the area to pay for an inferior product.
You know you all envy MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no excuses or not. An absence is noted regardless of its for a doctor, interview, or incarceration. You don’t need to tell the school anything specific. Just note “appointment” when signing back in for the day.

When you arrive late (as opposed to being absent all day) some schools require a doctors note. This happened to us last year.

[Anonymous]

PP again. In fact, they are less strict with leaving early so I would try to schedule at end of day or miss entire day.

[Anonymous]

It will be unexcused but most teachers will allow makeup work anyways so it is a mute point. They will only follow up after a certain number of unexcused absences. There is a certain number that you automatically fail the class in HS.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares. You are leaving this crappy district fo r private school. Best decision ever

Yep. She is leaving the envy of the area to pay for an inferior product.
You know you all envy MCPS.

Who is you all? I am the PP and I have kids in MCPS. It sucks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are absences for private school high school interviews considered excused by MCPS?

who cares. in public school you pull your kid out whenever you need to. have you checked out the HS kids graduating with 10-30 unexcused absences a year? just get some BS extra credit, everyone passes (if they don't drop-out on their own accord). No reason for the double standard for attendance. And look, fruity MCPS now has every single holiday off imaginable and your kid has 4 days week half of the fall semester. OF COURSE YOU CAN GO DO A 2-3 HOUR APPOINTMENT.

[Anonymous]

My son missed 5 days in 5th grade for shadow days and interviews. I wrote the reason on the note and nobody gave us a hard time. He was allowed to make up all work. It might be designated unexcused somewhere in a computer but it had no direct impact. There were several kids who were in the same boat.