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[quote=Anonymous]Your kid is in 8th grade. Your 8th grader needs to be talking to the teacher and emailing the teacher NOT you.

The teacher is annoyed because nowhere do you state your child attempted to speak to the teacher to let the TEACHER know she would be absent. Your child clearly knew in advance since it was a scheduled medical appointment. Why would you email the principal? The STUDENT needs to email the teacher or talk to the teacher.

When your child returned to class and noticed the zero,  the STUDENT needs to first talk to the teacher, and if that doesn't work compose an email expressing confusion and referencing they tried to talk to the teacher. The STUDENT then needs to talk to the counselor.

Once that happens only then should parents be emailing.

If your kid has a monthly medical appointment that as you say "affects participation in sports" a teacher is not going to be a lenient as a condition that affects participation in academics.

My son was in a clinical medical trial and missed around 25 days of school in 9th grade that were several hours long appointments that were often really draining. His teacher appreciated that BEFORE every appointment HE (the student, not the parent) spoke to them in person to let him know he would be absent, apologized for the inconvenience,  and asked if he could start working on any in class assignment he would miss the weekend before, when they wanted him to take any assessments, and if they wanted him to do an alternative assignment if he missed in class work. [/quote]

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