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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Change the school meeting. For future reference, always take off when you have an important school meeting. Don't risk that your calendar will stay clear. [/quote]

Another special needs mom.  She cannot change the school meeting.  There are multiple teachers and administrators whose schedules had to be arranged and it's the end of the school year.

You simply and firmly tell your boss that you will have to miss that meeting, and you are sorry but as he knows you had scheduled this leave far in advance and it is a mandatory [b]ADA and Family Friendly Leave Act[/b] protected event you cannot miss.  You ask to be casually introduced to the big boss on another day.

If necessary you contact HR.[/quote]

The school meeting is covered by neither. OP needs to work with her boss to reschedule the work meeting, but don't do it by making false statements.[/quote]

+1.  The boss will not think better of you if you are making up laws that you think protect you.  If you are in DC, DC does have a law that allows parents to take a certain number of hours per year protected in order to attend school meetings.  If not DC, your local state or city might have something similar.  I agree with others that you should probably take it on the chin with the boss -- but be honest.  Go in and say it's a major meeting, at which the school superintendent will be present, and if you lose this spot, you won't be able to have the meeting before next year.  (If you want, you can call the school first and check, but I think this is probably right.)  Tell him or her that you feel badly about it, but it can't be helped, and you would like to do whatever you can to help the boss prepare for the meeting.  A decent boss will understand and appreciate that.   I think if you go in with mama bear guns blazing, the boss is more likely to be irritated and think that you seem entitled and like you don't care about your job.  I think most bosses want to help you make the family life balance thing work, provided that you're generally a good employee that is responsible and seems to care about the job.  [/quote]

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