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puzzlebuzz t1_j9s2l2a wrote

Reply to comment by beachmedic23 in Should NJ Students Get 'Mental Health Days'? by greenhousecrtv

My kiddo had Covid this year and we missed 8 days for it. Only 4 counted as excused for some reason. We got to 11 days and they sent a warning that seemed so serious. Even though only 4 of those weren’t excused. If we catch it again, and have other colds and sick days, we seem to get close to the allowed days off. It’s stressful. I’m not sending a kid to school with a fever or Covid.

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Action_Maxim t1_j9s5jq6 wrote

Had that call 2 weeks ago, last week gave the kid some Tylenol and sent him in for the school to lose their shit calling me. I reminded them of our call and politely told them to figure out a solution

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Fryceratops t1_j9tc49b wrote

The solution should be for you to get a doctor's note covering the sick days. If they get and do their work alt home afterwards should it matter?

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Action_Maxim t1_j9tf53r wrote

They didn't care about a drs note, unless for religious reasons it's not excused. The alternative is child protective services gets called for kids who miss too much, fuck that.

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Summoarpleaz t1_j9taxwy wrote

If there are like… 11 allowed unexcused absences without any real consequences… isn’t that basically 11 extra days on top of whatever allowances they have for excused absences?

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puzzlebuzz t1_j9tdp0q wrote

Totally. In theory it seems like she can have 22 unexcused absences and lots with doctors notes. But they still send official letters and make you feel crappy.

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RafeDangerous t1_j9tn4xy wrote

Yeah, I got that letter as well after 8 days. The kids each had 3 days out for random colds, then tested positive for COVID. The school nurse told us minimum 5 days out after testing positive, so we kept them home for the week as requested even though they seemed fine after 2 or 3. Then we got a letter that seemed vaguely threatening regarding "truancy". You know, because we did what they requested.

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