[GOPrincess]

"The thing I always did was tell the school, "My child will not be there tomorrow". None of their business why."

Reminds me, my mother used to send in notes when we were sick saying things like "Please excuse so-and-so from school as she was sick." I know she meant to be polite (grin) but my philosophy is rather like yours -- I'm the one in charge, not the school. My notes just say "So-and-so was absent due to illness" or "So-and-so will not be at school Monday." I'm not asking permission :).

[Protagoras]

It's sad how many people think we need permission from the government to do things, even a ton of people on this site.