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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]What difference is an "excused" vs. "Unexcused" absence?[/quote]

I'm an MCPS teacher.  The answer is... pretty much nothing, unless it becomes habitual.  I've had students go back to their country for a month at a time.  what am I going to do, fail them for a whole quarter?  Of course not, we find a way to get work made up.  Go, take your kid, have fun.  I would definitely have him tell his teachers know ahead of time, especially if there is going to be something significant like a test or project due.  I don't know any teacher who would expect a student to miss out on playing a national championship game just because it's "unexcused."[/quote]

My kids are MS in MCPS and there definitely IS a consequence for unexcused absences.  You can't make up the missed work, which includes tests that are given during the absence.  And, certain middle school grades show up on the high school transcript.  [/quote]

I took my child out of MCPS middle school to go to Harry Potter world in Florida.  I told the school where we were going and said "I'm not asking for an excused absence".  They still gave him his HW and let him make up assignments.  I was told it was "at teacher discretion" but every teacher allowed it.

Having said that, he goes to a "green zone" school, feeder school to a W school.  My general feeling is that if you're affluent and white (or, in my case white and assumed to be affluent) you get a lot more leeway, and a parent in another part of the country might be judged for something that parents in my area routinely get away with.  [/quote]

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