Anonymous wrote:I don't even notify the teacher. I just show up, sign them out and we leave.

This! This is all you need to do!

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Anonymous wrote:I always have written notes giving outrageous reasons if it's not a doctor's appointment.

Please excuse Larlo tomorrow; I will be picking him for an audition to become a leprechaun at 2pm.

Please excuse Larla from arriving late tomorrow morning. POTUS needs to consult with her for advice but she will arrive at 10:30.

The kids LOVE reading their notes on the way to school and it amuses me; we keep stationery in the car for this exact purpose.

Cringe. No one at the school is enamored with your comedy routine.

Oh, I don't do it for the school. I do it to amuse myself and the kids.

I think it's cute. Reminds me of that cartoon Bluey.

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Anonymous wrote:I always have written notes giving outrageous reasons if it's not a doctor's appointment.

Please excuse Larlo tomorrow; I will be picking him for an audition to become a leprechaun at 2pm.

Please excuse Larla from arriving late tomorrow morning. POTUS needs to consult with her for advice but she will arrive at 10:30.

The kids LOVE reading their notes on the way to school and it amuses me; we keep stationery in the car for this exact purpose.

Cringe. No one at the school is enamored with your comedy routine.

Oh, I don't do it for the school. I do it to amuse myself and the kids.

Anonymous wrote:I always have written notes giving outrageous reasons if it's not a doctor's appointment.

Please excuse Larlo tomorrow; I will be picking him for an audition to become a leprechaun at 2pm.

Please excuse Larla from arriving late tomorrow morning. POTUS needs to consult with her for advice but she will arrive at 10:30.

The kids LOVE reading their notes on the way to school and it amuses me; we keep stationery in the car for this exact purpose.

Sounds dumb.

Our kids teachers want us to tell them as far ahead as possible so they can factor it into plans for group work. We are in DCPS.

I will say the # of absences before they send a letter is not nearly as high as you would think. We had a bad year when she was in 1st grade where we were all sick most of October through March with an out of state funeral thrown in. She absolutely missed 14 days (I had doctors notes for most minus the funeral) and we got the fun letter that we were in danger of having a visit from the truancy board.

Her sick days were also not sniffles, most were legit fevers over 101 from random virus', the flu, norovirus and strep. Yeah it was a fun time that winter...

We tell the teacher why, because as we've found our kid will most likely tell them as well lol. She doesn't keep secrets well. We try to limit it as much as possible obviously, and thankfully have not had another winter like that one from hell.

Anonymous wrote:You don’t even need to tell the teacher. You need to tell the front office. I fill out the online attendance form and show up. I’m also a teacher. Trust me, the teachers don’t care about the reason. This happens every day.

I tell both. I just think it's nice to give the teacher a heads-up.

Anonymous wrote:Even if it’s unexcused, who cares? It’s elementary school. My husband took DS out of school two days last week for a hunting trip. We didn’t explain and no one asked.

As a practical matter, DS learned more about nature, ecology, and biology in two days than he would have learned in weeks of science class.

IA.

We weren't one of those parents who made homework optional like I see on here, but we didn't stress over missed days during elementary school.

I traveled quite a bit internationally when they were younger and I took them (and the nanny) on trips with me at different times. They learned a ton while missing school and those are memories they still look back on today (at ages 14, 17, 19, 20).

Also, I'm very glad I did this while they were younger so they got to experience so many different countries/cities/nationalities pre-pandemic. Just like how the world was never the same after 9/11, I don't believe the world and travel will ever be the same due to the pandemic.

Them tagging along pretty much stopped by at least 7th grade. My oldest came on one trip I remember when she was in 6th grade, but it just so happened that the trip fell during a long weekend so she only missed 1 day of school. Middle school and high school teachers are very strict about unexcused absences and less likely to let them make up work missed.

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Anonymous wrote:I always have written notes giving outrageous reasons if it's not a doctor's appointment.

Please excuse Larlo tomorrow; I will be picking him for an audition to become a leprechaun at 2pm.

Please excuse Larla from arriving late tomorrow morning. POTUS needs to consult with her for advice but she will arrive at 10:30.

The kids LOVE reading their notes on the way to school and it amuses me; we keep stationery in the car for this exact purpose.

Cringe. No one at the school is enamored with your comedy routine.

Seriously.

Actually I find it hilarious! Keep it up, OP.

I find this amusing as well. People have become so dull and can't think beyond what they expect.
My mom always wrote notes in military time and my teacher would pitch a fit because she was too dimwitted to figure it out. I still roll my eyes thinking about how at 6yo I had to explain how a 24 hour clock works to my first grade teacher.

Not dull, just don't think it is funny.

Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. We've got so much going on all day every day that I wouldn't even think about why Larlo was leaving early. I have students who have already missed more than 25+ days of school at this point that your kid leaving early one day wouldn't even get my attention.

+1. Most parents don't even tell me they just show up and take the student out. We don't mark these unexcused at our school.

I don't even notify the teacher. I just show up, sign them out and we leave.

I only tell the teacher when I think it could have an impact on my kid - going to get first COVID shot - she might be a little squirrley today thinking about it. Or we are going to be late - getting her COVID shot, so that teacher knows that happened and can take it seriously if she says she is not feeling well.

I also told the teacher when our dog died and when I gave birth. These were things that I thought might impact how my DD behaved at school and I wanted to give a heads up to the teacher. [As a teacher, I always appreciate that.] But if there is no impact (picking up because of sports, going out of town, dentist, Dad has the day off and wants to take her somewhere] then I would not mention it. As a teacher, I do not care at all why a kid is out. Getting a shot, going to see grandma, getting fitted for your Nutcracker costume -- all of that is cool with me.

Teacher here. We've got so much going on all day every day that I wouldn't even think about why Larlo was leaving early. I have students who have already missed more than 25+ days of school at this point that your kid leaving early one day wouldn't even get my attention.

It’s your child, OP. You owe the school nothing. Tell them you are picking him up early and the reason is something your not comfortable sharing.

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Anonymous wrote:If you take a kid out of school two hours early, does that get marked exactly the same way as when they miss a full day?

Not sure if it's still the same, but it used to be if you pick your kid up anytime after lunch, it counts as a full day.

This is the same at our elementary.

If your kid leaves school at any time after their scheduled lunch period, then it counts as a full day.

+1 in our Kensington elementary