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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rules like those are in the handbook so that egregious flouting of the rules can be subject to consequences. If you are sending your 6 yo to a school that PUNISHES kids for being late occasionally, that is on you. 1. You need to be more responsible about timeliness. 2. You need to not send your child to a school with such strict standards if you don't intend to conform to them.

I would totally understand if you were saying that you felt your young child should be playing more and not doing worksheets, or whatever. But sending your kid to a private school with a strict dress code, and then complaining about that dress code, makes no sense.

To get to the larger issue: My sister hated school until college (which she loved). She was bullied in middle school, routinely cut high school, etc. When she had kids, she homeschooled/unschooled them. That was a choice she made, based on her own experiences. You could do that, too, though it isn't compatible with a full-time job. But what you can't reasonably do is complain about the clearly stated rules at a school you voluntarily send your kid to.[/quote]

I think you're missing the point. I'm ok with the dress code, but DD is not. But since I'm not physically in her body, I can't stop her from breaking the rules. [b]I cannot, every morning, dress her myself and carry her out the door so she's at school on time.[/b] I cannot make sure the base isn't closed down and I'm trapped on it and can't get off to take her to school. Yes, that's an unexcused absence! There is so much outside of my control, and I don't know how I'm supposed ot comply with all these rules when I truly have no control.

So...besides homeschooling, since I work, how do I handle this?[/quote]

Yes, you can do that.  Other parents do that, why can't you?

If the base is locked down and you're unable to make it to the school, then you can't make it.  Excused or unexcused.  [/quote]

Ok, but the base gets locked down a few times a month. That'll spring me right over those 10 days if they happen in the morning. I can't leave an hour early, because I can't arrive at school more than 10 minutes early and some of the lockdowns last more than an hour anyway. I honestly don't know what to do. There's no school on base or we might have considered it.

As for carrying her, she's getting pretty heavy and she kicks when I try to dress her.[/quote]

Be stronger.

Done.[/quote]

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