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[quote=Anonymous]Epic parental fail, OP.

YOU are in charge of the well being of your child. Of course the (lazy) school doesn't want to deal with the inconvenience of (gasp) funding an adult with a pulse to procter your child's make-up exam.

Here's what I would have done: been very polite to whatever school rep I was communicating with and assured them we would do our best to get her to school for the exam...but if she's too ill then she'd circle back as soon as she returns to school to schedule the make-up (and she would be prepared when she returned to school). If I got any push back, I'd remain calm and respectful, let them say whatever crap they wanted to say (taking mental notes), and then follow up with, "yes, we are both on the same page" and leave it at that.

I would not send my sick kid to school for an exam. Period.

And after the exam score was received, if I wasn't pleased with how the school handled it, I would launch into advocate mode. Everyone has a boss...even principals.

A friend got mono right before finals in LAW school. If law school can figure out how to reschedule four or five exams for a sick person, then I think an mcps middle or high school can figure it out...but maybe I'm giving them too much credit.[/quote]

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