Last period is team sports for all schools that mandate it. Leave then and get a waiver.

Not Potomac

Bullis
Whitman
Ncs

Why is the onus on the school to bend to her schedule and not the sport? You pay for both. Arguably school should come first.

Anonymous wrote:I think some of it depends on your family behavior around the situation. Is your child the type that will quietly leave and not disrupt the class with questions from when they are gone? Do you expect school/a teacher to make sure your child learns what they will miss or are you taking on that role? Do you expect tests/projects/presentations to be scheduled around your child's schedule? I think schools will be more likely to work with you if your family minimizes the impact of the absences to school.

Thanks for all of the feedback. My child is very low-key and self-motivated and has already handled all-day sports-related absences responsibly. Teachers know she asks for work in advance, and even turns it in early when possible, and hustles to catch up if the work isn’t available before she leaves. For better or worse, she has a reputation for being quiet and can and has slipped in and out of places unnoticed.

I think this reputation is actually hurting her chances to have special arrangements made because the school is used to us being one of the families who don’t cause any hassle or rock the boat. She has classmates who leave for 2x/week appointments, multi-week trips, out of school OT/SLP, etc. My perception is that school is accustomed to and wants her to be one of the stable presences in her grade. -OP

I think some of it depends on your family behavior around the situation. Is your child the type that will quietly leave and not disrupt the class with questions from when they are gone? Do you expect school/a teacher to make sure your child learns what they will miss or are you taking on that role? Do you expect tests/projects/presentations to be scheduled around your child's schedule? I think schools will be more likely to work with you if your family minimizes the impact of the absences to school.

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Anonymous wrote:Early release is disruptive to the other students and the teacher. Don’t be selfish.

If you want the sport, then home school your child. This is what elite athletes, dancers, musicians, and actors do.

So, when kids leave early for medical appts, that disrupts the entire class? Please! Teachers can manage these situations just fine, especially in smaller private school settings.

Occasional early dismissal for a doctor appt is very different than a daily early dismissal for a sport. I can see where a K-8 school would be reluctant to accommodate that.

I think most schools will accommodate missing for the occasional competition, etc. but to pull your kid out early regularly for practice is too much. For what it’s worth I did an intense and highly competitive sport before and after school and my Mom got me out of all sorts of homework and other things and it was NOT good for me. It took me a long time to adjust to the real world.

Stone Ridge allows. For HS at least.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Early release is disruptive to the other students and the teacher. Don’t be selfish.

If you want the sport, then home school your child. This is what elite athletes, dancers, musicians, and actors do.

So, when kids leave early for medical appts, that disrupts the entire class? Please! Teachers can manage these situations just fine, especially in smaller private school settings.

Apparently, OP’s school, that she is paying for no less, can’t manage it.

Anonymous wrote:Early release is disruptive to the other students and the teacher. Don’t be selfish.

If you want the sport, then home school your child. This is what elite athletes, dancers, musicians, and actors do.

So, when kids leave early for medical appts, that disrupts the entire class? Please! Teachers can manage these situations just fine, especially in smaller private school settings.

Holton allows early out for sports.

Anonymous wrote:Early release is disruptive to the other students and the teacher. Don’t be selfish.

If you want the sport, then home school your child. This is what some elite athletes, dancers, musicians, and actors do.

Let me fix that for you. Some homeschool. Others attend traditional schools that are willing to work with their unique schedules. Others attend less-conventional private schools that were created with kids like this in mind.

Early release in elementary school doesn't have to be disruptive. The last 15 minutes of the day in a lot of elementary classrooms is finishing up work, cleaning up, packing up, etc. - new instruction isn't happening then. The student and teacher could have a system where the student knows when to pack up and slip out (or if needed with a silent signal from the teacher). If work isn't done, the student can (and I would say should) just pack that up, too, to finish at home as part of homework.

Early release is disruptive to the other students and the teacher. Don’t be selfish.

If you want the sport, then home school your child. This is what elite athletes, dancers, musicians, and actors do.

What grade is she in?