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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting.  My son's 2nd qtr report card had notes blaming his lower than usual grades on his "excess absences".  At the time, I didn't really think about it, other than, yes, he has been sick 2x this quarter.  Then, late in the 3rd qtr, we received a notice that our son was nearing the 10% allowed absences this year.  That email really made me sit back and ponder what was going on.  He'd been sick 4x this year, and each time with a lingering cough.  No fever, just a really gross sounding cough.  In prior years we'd have likely sent him back to school, armed with cough drops, after a 2-3 day absence.  Since covid though, 3x they were 5 day absences (one lasting over the weekend, even).  Either his immune system is weakened, or more likely we are more sensitive to sending him to school "sick".

I will admit, in prior years we were more diligent about making up missed homework, but his 7th grade year has so much work as it is, my last priority is making up work - which resulted in a few zeros.  [/quote]

Was he at home so sick that he couldn’t have asked a friend to send notes, or seen if anything was posted from the class on Canvas?  Could he have reached out to the teacher letting them know what was going on and asked if there was anything he could do while at home sick and not trying to expose others?[/quote]

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