Student asking for a snow day snowballs into something bigger

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I think you mean "unexcused" vs. "excused".
I dealt with the whole "unexcused vs. excused" thing when I was in high school and had to be absent for some horse shows. My mother called the school to arrange my absence. She was told that no, I could not be absent (I was an "A" student, btw). My mother wanted to know if she reported that I was sick if I would be considered unexcused. She was told no. So she told them that if I was absent with her permission, I would always be "sick". I never had to miss a speech tournament.

It's nice when schools have protocols that allow for people to be honest and still be able to do what they need to do, and it's a shame when the policies basically compel people to lie.

Sometimes what complicates the whole excused/unexcused thing is that in Georgia the state actually gives a list of things that can be considered "excused" for official attendance reporting. What can be worked around in most cases, though, is that an absence can be recored as officially unexcused but kids can be allowed to make up work.

[knight_shadow]

Back when I was in high school, if my parents or I thought it was unsafe for me to go to school, I didn't go. My teachers knew that I didn't just cut school for fun (that often), so if I missed an assignment, I was able to make it up.

I think that kid was out of line calling the home of a school official. It's not his job to be an answering service for students. If the student REALLY didn't feel like going that day, he should have just stayed at home.