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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child missed 6 days of school within the last 2 months and we received a warning letter from our DCPS elementary school about unexcused absences. Our kid is doing well in school. I get that truancy is a real issue, but we are not out there missing 43 days of school a year or a crazy amount of days.

We are planning to be out again for 4 more days in the coming months, which would ultimately get us up to 10 days of unexcused absences at that point.

Can someone expand on how serious it is if my child ends up missing 10 days of unexcused absences in a year (unless we can get a doctors note or some other way to have the absence excused)?

What would 10 days mean? Essentially the letter notes at 10 absences they will refer the student to the District of Columbia Child and family services agency.

Do unexcused days impact the upcoming school lottery in any way? Ex. Would a prospective school see these on permanent record and factor that in the decision?

What are some grounds for having absences excused? Is religious observance a good one to use? Or family emergency?

It seems since the pandemic there has been a serious effort to crack down on truancy, which is completely understandable, but it’s pretty rigid and want to better understand the consequences.

Thanks.[/quote]

Our school sends these out even if the days you were out you were sick.  My child doesn't go to DCPS, but was out 4 days, 3 of which they were sick (fever and then stomach bug) and one day we left to see family.  Still got a letter after 4 days of being out!  Called the school and sick days still count toward the # for some reason... A friend of mine kept her kid out for 4 days because she had a 104 degree fever and got a letter! [/quote]

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