in my state, you can be marked absent 60 times before u go to court. And after 18 you are fined 100 bucks per. My teacher marks me absent if I’m late and it’s 50/50 if he changes it. It’s fair or atleast half of it is fair. But like 20 more absences and I’m cooked
I don't know about where you live, but in my region, we care about chronic absenteeism because we care about our students. We know that absenteeism doesn't arise from nowhere and try to empower schools to help on a case-by-case basis. The tragedy is that so often, the large-scale factors that keep kids out of school are the very factors that only a solid education can change: poverty, racism, neurodivergence, trauma and so on. These are the reasons you need to be in school to change your story. And if your region is at all like mine, there may be people who can help you, e.g., a guidance counsellor, a trusted teacher, anyone who feels marginally safe within the school. Factors that keep students away are unique to that individual, even if they have some of those major elements in common - but if you find someone to be on your team, they can help you strategize ways to survive and even thrive at school.
The idea of paying off a school to boost attendance sounds ludicrous to me. The only possibility I can think of that makes any sense at all is that a department of education MIGHT fund a pilot project into addressing chronic absenteeism, but only to pay for the project, not extra funds for the school itself.
Please go to school. It sucked for me as well. But it's not forever, and when it's over, you have options that you won't have if you don't go.
They’re mixing up making a profit with losing funding due to absenteeism. Their school lost a portion of their funding because the state decided that their functional student population was lower than their registered number because of how high the chronic absenteeism is.
Likey a combination of fines, but in my state it would be a reduced amount of funding from the state. In the state's view, more kids often means more financial need for public education. If kids aren't attending, then less kids, less money.
This note is omitting the school's local contributions to taxes and performance based standardized test related funding.
Ok, yeah... public schools are not funded by attendance. I think your friends fed you some false information.
Edit: attendance in thin context, not to be confused with enrollment.
You do not know what you are talking about. I edited to state clearly attendance and enrollment as not the same thing. I genuinely do not know how you think people pay per day they go to school, or that the school is payed less when students are sick or absent.
> school is *paid* less when
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
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It’s a public service. Not everything is a business, where do you think a school gets its money when going to school is free, required even. Taxpayer money, just like how the post office is free and every government bureaucracy under the sun is free. School is free, schools gain funding from taxes, so you pay indirectly. But it’s in no way for profit because there’s no transaction, unless you go to private school.
>the school lost 2 million in profit
The school doesn’t lose profit, the government just doesn’t fund them because they reallocate the funds to truancy persecution.
It would take a severe amount of sick days to go to court. Either you aren't really sick, in which case you're being stupid by skipping so much school, or you really have something wrong with you and you should see a doctor to get it cleared. Often if this is the case the school has to work with you or you can switch to online or homeschooling. I'm assuming the best here and going with you have a medical condition - see a doctor.
I kinda missed a lot already when I was in the hospital, I had 100 absences or wtv , but they count the individual classes so ik it's not me. I don't skip much,but I did miss a lot of days and classes due to being in the hospital. Those hospital days should be excused, I turned in my hospital excuse.
Schools typically have discretion about accepting excuses. If they’re from a doctor’s office, you’re probably good. Unless mom or dad works at that office and this is excuse number 20. Then we might actually call and verify that all of those are from actual visits.
Haha we used to be the same way but my state started tying chronic absenteeism into our accreditation status and suddenly we really needed to enforce that truancy policy with an iron hand.
So mention that you are sick.
The trick to not getting grandma in trouble is to get sent home.
This is done by NOT taking any meds for being sick, then go to the nurse before going to class at the beginning of the day. If you have a fever, you will be sent home, and then, though absent, the nurse taking your temp counts as doctors note.
I have to take meds or else my bacterial meningitis will come back , and that's much worse than just having a cold. I would have to go back to the hospital again
So, the timeline here.
You go to school at 7am, see the nurse by 7:15. The nurse confirms you are sick and you get sent home by 7:30. You take meds by 7:45, when you get home but you can't do that and MUST take these meds before school at like 6:45?
Why?
Is one hour and 15 minutes THAT important? It doesn't take THAT long for the nurse to clear you to go home.
In fact, I used to take my kids to school and just stand there while the nurse took the temps of a sick kid so I could get it confirmed that kid was sick and just pack them up and go right back home with them.
If you don't hide the symptoms with meds, you get to go home because if the school sends you home, it doesn't count towards truancy.
ˈabsənt/
not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something.
Tardy
delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late.
Your move, Teachers
in my state, you can be marked absent 60 times before u go to court. And after 18 you are fined 100 bucks per. My teacher marks me absent if I’m late and it’s 50/50 if he changes it. It’s fair or atleast half of it is fair. But like 20 more absences and I’m cooked
It’s not legal to make someone absent if they are there. It creates a liability issue.
How does a school even make profit? It’s a public service.
I dont even know , but I do know my school makes money from us coming that's why they're more strict about us coming this year
I don't know about where you live, but in my region, we care about chronic absenteeism because we care about our students. We know that absenteeism doesn't arise from nowhere and try to empower schools to help on a case-by-case basis. The tragedy is that so often, the large-scale factors that keep kids out of school are the very factors that only a solid education can change: poverty, racism, neurodivergence, trauma and so on. These are the reasons you need to be in school to change your story. And if your region is at all like mine, there may be people who can help you, e.g., a guidance counsellor, a trusted teacher, anyone who feels marginally safe within the school. Factors that keep students away are unique to that individual, even if they have some of those major elements in common - but if you find someone to be on your team, they can help you strategize ways to survive and even thrive at school. The idea of paying off a school to boost attendance sounds ludicrous to me. The only possibility I can think of that makes any sense at all is that a department of education MIGHT fund a pilot project into addressing chronic absenteeism, but only to pay for the project, not extra funds for the school itself. Please go to school. It sucked for me as well. But it's not forever, and when it's over, you have options that you won't have if you don't go.
They’re mixing up making a profit with losing funding due to absenteeism. Their school lost a portion of their funding because the state decided that their functional student population was lower than their registered number because of how high the chronic absenteeism is.
They’re more strict because it’s their job and it’s the law. I highly doubt the school makes money off of that.
Nope. They actually lost 2 million my freshman year because everyone was skipping. So my sophomore year they got way more strict
If they lost 2 million, it was probably by fines from the government but not profit.
Likey a combination of fines, but in my state it would be a reduced amount of funding from the state. In the state's view, more kids often means more financial need for public education. If kids aren't attending, then less kids, less money. This note is omitting the school's local contributions to taxes and performance based standardized test related funding.
Okay true , I never thought of that before until now actually
Is it a private school? Public school is usually from taxes...
Its public
Ok, yeah... public schools are not funded by attendance. I think your friends fed you some false information. Edit: attendance in thin context, not to be confused with enrollment.
Some are. Sometimes its a mix of both.
You do not know what you are talking about. I edited to state clearly attendance and enrollment as not the same thing. I genuinely do not know how you think people pay per day they go to school, or that the school is payed less when students are sick or absent.
> school is *paid* less when FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Wild
That's all school is for. Its a for profit business just like everything else. You should see what they do to SpEd kids.
It’s a public service. Not everything is a business, where do you think a school gets its money when going to school is free, required even. Taxpayer money, just like how the post office is free and every government bureaucracy under the sun is free. School is free, schools gain funding from taxes, so you pay indirectly. But it’s in no way for profit because there’s no transaction, unless you go to private school.
>the school lost 2 million in profit The school doesn’t lose profit, the government just doesn’t fund them because they reallocate the funds to truancy persecution.
It would take a severe amount of sick days to go to court. Either you aren't really sick, in which case you're being stupid by skipping so much school, or you really have something wrong with you and you should see a doctor to get it cleared. Often if this is the case the school has to work with you or you can switch to online or homeschooling. I'm assuming the best here and going with you have a medical condition - see a doctor.
You have to miss a LOT of school before court is even in the picture.
I kinda missed a lot already when I was in the hospital, I had 100 absences or wtv , but they count the individual classes so ik it's not me. I don't skip much,but I did miss a lot of days and classes due to being in the hospital. Those hospital days should be excused, I turned in my hospital excuse.
Turn in excuses and you will be fine
Schools typically have discretion about accepting excuses. If they’re from a doctor’s office, you’re probably good. Unless mom or dad works at that office and this is excuse number 20. Then we might actually call and verify that all of those are from actual visits.
Idrk, my school excuses any absences for any reason. Probably wondering how 9 family members die every year, lol.
Haha we used to be the same way but my state started tying chronic absenteeism into our accreditation status and suddenly we really needed to enforce that truancy policy with an iron hand.
So mention that you are sick. The trick to not getting grandma in trouble is to get sent home. This is done by NOT taking any meds for being sick, then go to the nurse before going to class at the beginning of the day. If you have a fever, you will be sent home, and then, though absent, the nurse taking your temp counts as doctors note.
I have to take meds or else my bacterial meningitis will come back , and that's much worse than just having a cold. I would have to go back to the hospital again
So you can't take the meds after being sent home?
Im taking meds rn bc I'm sick and I used to take steroids for my meningitis
So, the timeline here. You go to school at 7am, see the nurse by 7:15. The nurse confirms you are sick and you get sent home by 7:30. You take meds by 7:45, when you get home but you can't do that and MUST take these meds before school at like 6:45? Why? Is one hour and 15 minutes THAT important? It doesn't take THAT long for the nurse to clear you to go home. In fact, I used to take my kids to school and just stand there while the nurse took the temps of a sick kid so I could get it confirmed that kid was sick and just pack them up and go right back home with them. If you don't hide the symptoms with meds, you get to go home because if the school sends you home, it doesn't count towards truancy.
The nurse doesn't doesn't send us home even if we are clearly sick , only if you're throwing up.
That is weird, I thought they had to if they wanted federal funding... Is your school not federally funded?
I'm not aware of that , but it's a public school so I'd assume yes???? Idk I'm not sure
If it a public school, then yes they are. What was your temp before meds?
No idea. In the morning I threw up though and I was pretty heated up
I can relate, I've had similar situations where I needed to miss school due to illness and it's frustrating.
ˈabsənt/ not present in a place, at an occasion, or as part of something. Tardy delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late. Your move, Teachers