Anonymous wrote:Mcps is not a trustworthy institution. When they ask for a note say "OK I'll get one" and go back to your life. They will never actually do anything about it ans if they did you could probably sue them since there is no way they're handing out repercussions to everyone, if you know what I mean.

Just smile and tell them to eff off in hour head. I wouldn't give them any evidence of medical care I didn't want public

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Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

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If you’re talking about Blair that woman is over the top. She called to verify a note we sent to excuse my son 15 minutes early for an appointment. Fifteen minutes before the end of school! She’s like the attendance Gestapo.

She calls to verify all parent notes. I assume enough kids are forging notes to make her effort worthwhile…

That's not true. She only calls about suspicious ones.

Not true. My neighbor and I have the most strait laced rule following kids and we both get calls for just about every single note we send in! It’s a joke with us now. We call her Ms Fussypants.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Is this at a school that starts with B? She's notoriously unreasonable and she will refuse to excuse the appointment.

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If you’re talking about Blair that woman is over the top. She called to verify a note we sent to excuse my son 15 minutes early for an appointment. Fifteen minutes before the end of school! She’s like the attendance Gestapo.

She calls to verify all parent notes. I assume enough kids are forging notes to make her effort worthwhile…

That's not true. She only calls about suspicious ones.

Anonymous wrote:In a nasty battle with the school (long story) Brought child in from a doctor's appointment and the secretary hassled me about showing a doctor's note. My child is rarely absent and I don't remember ever being asked for one before. She said the system is cracking down on this. Was curious if other people have recently been asked for doctor's notes?

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Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..

Fine if it’s a pediatrician. If it’s a specialist it reveals information and it’s a mental health specialist they will gossip about it.

I’m all for privacy but give the attendence secretary a little credit. She’s not going to gossip about a student’s therapy appointment. Also, this type of mindset is exactly why there is a stigma around mental health. Talking about mental health and normalizing caring for it is the best way to fight stigma and get more teens (and adults) into treatment. My child recognizes that he is not alone in his struggles. He has many friends who also see therapists and they discuss it with one another without shame or embarrassment. And these are all kids you would neber know struggle because they are honors/AP students, well behaved, and many are successful athletes.

I’ve been around MCPS too long to give the attendance secretary any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Don’t trust MCPS with your kids’ private medical information.

There’s no private medical info on the note DS brings. It’s a form letter.

It says “________ had an appointment with __________ on ___/___/___. Please excuse their absence. They can return to school on on ___/___/___ with _________ restrictions.”

Do you really think the attendance secretary in a huge MCPS school like Blair (or any MCPS school) has the time or inclination to Google who Dr. Granola is to find out if he shrinks tumors or he’s a shrink?

Not worth taking the chance that it ends up in the hands of one of the perverts looking for the most vulnerable kids who no one will believe or one of the antisemites.

Loosing up the tin foil hat.

No tin foil needed. Just a clear-eyed assessment of the system’s integrity and safety in light of the repeated misconduct at senior levels and the repeated assertions that the system has no duty to protect students. MCPS is not to be trusted.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..

Fine if it’s a pediatrician. If it’s a specialist it reveals information and it’s a mental health specialist they will gossip about it.

I’m all for privacy but give the attendence secretary a little credit. She’s not going to gossip about a student’s therapy appointment. Also, this type of mindset is exactly why there is a stigma around mental health. Talking about mental health and normalizing caring for it is the best way to fight stigma and get more teens (and adults) into treatment. My child recognizes that he is not alone in his struggles. He has many friends who also see therapists and they discuss it with one another without shame or embarrassment. And these are all kids you would neber know struggle because they are honors/AP students, well behaved, and many are successful athletes.

I’ve been around MCPS too long to give the attendance secretary any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Don’t trust MCPS with your kids’ private medical information.

There’s no private medical info on the note DS brings. It’s a form letter.

It says “________ had an appointment with __________ on ___/___/___. Please excuse their absence. They can return to school on on ___/___/___ with _________ restrictions.”

Do you really think the attendance secretary in a huge MCPS school like Blair (or any MCPS school) has the time or inclination to Google who Dr. Granola is to find out if he shrinks tumors or he’s a shrink?

Not worth taking the chance that it ends up in the hands of one of the perverts looking for the most vulnerable kids who no one will believe or one of the antisemites.

Loosing up the tin foil hat.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..

Fine if it’s a pediatrician. If it’s a specialist it reveals information and it’s a mental health specialist they will gossip about it.

I’m all for privacy but give the attendence secretary a little credit. She’s not going to gossip about a student’s therapy appointment. Also, this type of mindset is exactly why there is a stigma around mental health. Talking about mental health and normalizing caring for it is the best way to fight stigma and get more teens (and adults) into treatment. My child recognizes that he is not alone in his struggles. He has many friends who also see therapists and they discuss it with one another without shame or embarrassment. And these are all kids you would neber know struggle because they are honors/AP students, well behaved, and many are successful athletes.

I’ve been around MCPS too long to give the attendance secretary any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Don’t trust MCPS with your kids’ private medical information.

There’s no private medical info on the note DS brings. It’s a form letter.

It says “________ had an appointment with __________ on ___/___/___. Please excuse their absence. They can return to school on on ___/___/___ with _________ restrictions.”

Do you really think the attendance secretary in a huge MCPS school like Blair (or any MCPS school) has the time or inclination to Google who Dr. Granola is to find out if he shrinks tumors or he’s a shrink?

Not worth taking the chance that it ends up in the hands of one of the perverts looking for the most vulnerable kids who no one will believe or one of the antisemites.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..

Fine if it’s a pediatrician. If it’s a specialist it reveals information and it’s a mental health specialist they will gossip about it.

I’m all for privacy but give the attendence secretary a little credit. She’s not going to gossip about a student’s therapy appointment. Also, this type of mindset is exactly why there is a stigma around mental health. Talking about mental health and normalizing caring for it is the best way to fight stigma and get more teens (and adults) into treatment. My child recognizes that he is not alone in his struggles. He has many friends who also see therapists and they discuss it with one another without shame or embarrassment. And these are all kids you would neber know struggle because they are honors/AP students, well behaved, and many are successful athletes.

I’ve been around MCPS too long to give the attendance secretary any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Don’t trust MCPS with your kids’ private medical information.

You definitely have not been around MCPS if you think a doctor's note has private medical information.
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Anonymous wrote:Op here- I told her I would send her the appointment reminder because I didn't have a note. It felt uncomfortable because the appointment was for a mental health professional

Oh hell no, they don't need to know what appointment it was. As PP above said, remind them of the rule. And so what if it's an unexcused absence? It doesn't matter.

+1 just let it be "unexcused." What are they going to do about it anyway?

Their policies are so unclear and they focus on the wrong things.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..

Fine if it’s a pediatrician. If it’s a specialist it reveals information and it’s a mental health specialist they will gossip about it.

I’m all for privacy but give the attendence secretary a little credit. She’s not going to gossip about a student’s therapy appointment. Also, this type of mindset is exactly why there is a stigma around mental health. Talking about mental health and normalizing caring for it is the best way to fight stigma and get more teens (and adults) into treatment. My child recognizes that he is not alone in his struggles. He has many friends who also see therapists and they discuss it with one another without shame or embarrassment. And these are all kids you would neber know struggle because they are honors/AP students, well behaved, and many are successful athletes.

I’ve been around MCPS too long to give the attendance secretary any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Don’t trust MCPS with your kids’ private medical information.

There’s no private medical info on the note DS brings. It’s a form letter.

It says “________ had an appointment with __________ on ___/___/___. Please excuse their absence. They can return to school on on ___/___/___ with _________ restrictions.”

Do you really think the attendance secretary in a huge MCPS school like Blair (or any MCPS school) has the time or inclination to Google who Dr. Granola is to find out if he shrinks tumors or he’s a shrink?

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Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..

Fine if it’s a pediatrician. If it’s a specialist it reveals information and it’s a mental health specialist they will gossip about it.

I’m all for privacy but give the attendence secretary a little credit. She’s not going to gossip about a student’s therapy appointment. Also, this type of mindset is exactly why there is a stigma around mental health. Talking about mental health and normalizing caring for it is the best way to fight stigma and get more teens (and adults) into treatment. My child recognizes that he is not alone in his struggles. He has many friends who also see therapists and they discuss it with one another without shame or embarrassment. And these are all kids you would neber know struggle because they are honors/AP students, well behaved, and many are successful athletes.

I’ve been around MCPS too long to give the attendance secretary any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Don’t trust MCPS with your kids’ private medical information.

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Anonymous wrote:If the school puts the doctor’s name in Google it’s going to find out what the doctor’s specialty is. Don’t trust them with that information.

A PEDIATRICIAN!!! I think they have better things to do..

Fine if it’s a pediatrician. If it’s a specialist it reveals information and it’s a mental health specialist they will gossip about it.

I’m all for privacy but give the attendence secretary a little credit. She’s not going to gossip about a student’s therapy appointment. Also, this type of mindset is exactly why there is a stigma around mental health. Talking about mental health and normalizing caring for it is the best way to fight stigma and get more teens (and adults) into treatment. My child recognizes that he is not alone in his struggles. He has many friends who also see therapists and they discuss it with one another without shame or embarrassment. And these are all kids you would neber know struggle because they are honors/AP students, well behaved, and many are successful athletes.

I’ve been around MCPS too long to give the attendance secretary any credit or the benefit of the doubt. Don’t trust MCPS with your kids’ private medical information.