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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You may want to work on those issues.  It's not that bad.  Really, how is school so different from work?  Yes, your child needs to be there most days but the number of absences allowed is not that low.  Are you allowed to just come to work whenever you feel like it?  No, you are generally expected to be there M-F from 9-5 or whatever unless you have a good reason.  Same for school! (except for different hours).  And dress code -- just like you can't show up to work in flip-flops and athleisure wear, you can't come to school wearing your Superman costume -- and the dress code is much more lax than professional office wear.

Again, you seem to have unusual issues around school and you should work on it before child enters K.  [/quote]

Really? I feel like my business casual dress code is much more lax - I don't have to wear a belt, button up shirt, or closed-toed shoes, for example. DD is pretty upset about the buttons and in tears about the belt - she doesn't like them around her waist. And yes, if I'm 5-10 "late", no one cares, because I've got a smartphone and am an exempt employee. I'm not written up, especially if  there's even the most tenuous of excuses (crap, had a flat tire). Flat tire and DD is late? It's written down and she gets in trouble. I don't know, maybe I'm lucky, but most salaried people don't strict hours, no. I've also got 8+ weeks of sick time in addition to vacation. DD can miss 10 days (excused too!) before she's not allowed to progress to the next grade. It's all very strict, and I guess I'm just really missing the freedom I used to have.[/quote]

So you have these issues and you purposefully chose a private school that had a strict uniform policy and attendance policy?  Then this is all on you.  Why would you choose such a school?  My DC attends a private and they can wear whatever they want within reason (probably not a costume or a swimsuit).  Yes, they are supposed to be there, but if my DC had a long illness that results in her missing more school, they would work with her.  If she was missing 8+ weeks because of illness, I would probably agree that she needs to repeat (and I'd just be happy that she had recovered because that would be a major illness).   [/quote]

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