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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Who on earth cares as long as they get stellar grades?[/b]
Raise them to prioritize their academic potential and you won't have much trouble with skipping school.
Ironically, in my little corner of MoCo, high schoolers skip classes because they're inundated with deadlines for other classes and stay home to do the work!!![/quote]

This. The results are important. If they can deliver on that, and keep themselves out of trouble, I don't care how they manage their time. My two college-age kids definitely skipped some in high school (both individual classes and whole days), and almost certainly more than the small number of days I actually know about.

My middle schooler has probably skipped classes here and there, but I do not officially know of any full days she has skipped. I *strongly suspect* she has skipped at least two days, but if I am right about that, I know where she was & who she was with, and I approve -- not that I would tell her that, because I do not yet want to set the precedent that I will approve of skipping full days. As far as she is aware, my tolerance for that begins in high school.

If we define "skipped" as "the parents told the school that the student would not be in school that day, and the school considered the reason given to be an unexcused absence" then all of my kids, including my preschooler, have "skipped" a few days due to traveling with us & attending family events.

As for me... I "skipped" class twice in high school with my principal's approval, and actually skipped once by faking my time of the month and spending the class period at the nurse's office. My parents also took me out of 5th grade for a week-long vacation that I think was considered "skipping"/unexcused absence.[/quote]

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