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[quote=Anonymous]I am not sure how many of you deal with this issue, but I have an upperclassman who is, for the most part, a rule follower. 
However, many, many of her friends skip school and they face no consequences. I am not saying tat I think skipping a class is some kind of mortal sin, but when "everyone" is doing it and nobody is facing consequences, it becomes increasingly more difficult for kids to want to toe the line. 
Several of my kid's friends have daily calls from the attendance office, but they just ignore them, the rationale being that they are good students nd if their grades stay up. 
We tell our student that part of being a "good" student is showing up and being respectful in that regard, but even we recognize how draconian we sound when we say it. 
I would love to see schools return to having leverage in making students show up and show up on time. Students used to fail if they had unexcused absences or tardies. 
Is anyone else wrestling with this? I really worry that for underclassmen skipping classes will just become the norm, and I have one of those too and they are nowhere near as responsible as their older sibling. [/quote]

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