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3
unexcused you get suspended and 5 excused you get Saturday
School.
3 ??? Your kidding right?
And yeah that makes sense alright,
he's missed too many days so lets send him home for 3 more. Rolling
eyes.....makes alot of sense. lol
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:42
PM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Are there too
many sick kids in day care or school?
Yeah that is so true. I mean ok I can understand that if the kids
arent in school it can lower overall test scores, and in alot of states,
those test scores are what determines the funding, but then again shouldnt
the schools with lower test scores get just as much funding? The lack of
funding could cause even lower test scores and all kids should get the same
education in these schools and have all the same equipment as other schools
in the same state. I know right now in one semester a kid can only have 5
excused absences. After 3 unexcused they get suspended. What a
joke
Yeah me too. Frankly I oppose
all mandatory attendance requirements in the first place. It's the
parent's decision. If I want to take my kids out of school to go
study nature in the park, it's my business and no one else's. What
right do they have to say it's "unexcused". When we go to Pine
Mountain each year to see the Christmas lights I have to lie and tell them
someone's sick or they get zero's on their work. That's just not any
of the school's business. If I want them to go for a couple days, no
government paper pusher should have the right to say I'm
wrong.
Charles
Mims
<rolling eyes>
My gosh... that would piss me
off.
If it were me... next time I would tell them he had pnumonia.
(sp)
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 10:11 AM, Angela
wrote:
My
son stayed home today, although he wasnt contagious....he had a really
bad migrane, but I've already had the school calling me wanting to know
why I kept him out just for a migrane. Read this note sent home with
report cards yesterday.....(forgive any errors, I'm typing parts that
pertain to missing
school)
ou
may have heard on the news or read in the newpapers about the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001. This is legislation that provides a means for
the individual states to receive money from the federal government for
their schools. The amount of money is quite substantial and, as you
might imagine, requires that the school systems meet certain
expectations. The goal of NCLB is to eventually improve graduation rates
to 100%, increase school attendance, and to make students 100% math and
reading competent. These are very lofty goals and require a 100%
partnership between the home, school, and community. Attaining these
goals has been broken down into what is hope to be manageable
benchmarks. Only 4 schools in Tazewell County made their Annual Yearly
Progess based on data from last school year. There were three areas
where we needed to meet benchmarks. .....(goes on to give statistics on
the last school year then continues on to say)...
Our
attendance rate for last school year was only 92.5%.
Had our attendance been better we would have been the only middle school
in Tazewell County as Graham was the only high school, to make AYP. It
is obvious that our teachers are doing their part to adequately instruct
our students. we need you to see that your children are in school. We
can only teach those students who are in attendance!! For the
past 2 years we have had the lowest percent attendance of the middle
schools in Tazewell County. For the month of September GMS's attendance
was the lowest in the county. at only 91.44%. It no longer affects
only your child when he or she does not attend school. Please help us
make AYP next year by improving our attendance!!
Ok,
so how well are children going to learn if they are sick? Or if they
come to school sick and pass it onto other students, the attendance is
even lower. This letter comes off as the schools wanting you to send
your kids to school whether they are sick or not. As I said, my son had
a migrane this morning and couldnt hardly get out of bed, yet they
wanted me to send him
anyway.....
-----Original
Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of
Charles
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:11
AM
To: 'The Sandbox Discussion List'
Subject:
[Sndbox] Are there too many sick kids in day care or school?
Are
there too many sick kids in day care or school?
Probably -
Pediatricians estimate that 58 percent of their young patients go to
child care or school even when ill, according to a Gallup survey. This
despite the fact that 81 percent of mothers working full-time have
stayed home at times to care for a sick child.
Charles
Mims
http://www.the-sandbox.org
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