[muawiyah]

The federal government provides sick leave, annual leave, and an assortment of holidays.

Believe it or not there's been a "perfect attendance" award in place for many years. After 40 years I got the award ~ have no idea if it covered only part of the period, or the whole thing, but it was very simple to qualify for ~ simply get permission to be on leave before going on leave!

Getting a perfect attendance award in school is a far more difficult thing for a child ~ after all, he or she has parent(s) or guardian(s) involved and you just never know what "those people" want!

[TNdandelion]

My kindergartener received an award for Citizenship today. She didn't have perfect attendance but darn it, she knew how to behave every day she was there! She had straight "E"s (Excellent) and 2 "S's" (satisfactory) for her behavior all year.

My oldest was devastated that her awesome behavior record was marred by her first "U" (unsatisfactory). Her music teacher gave her that grade based on the fact that she was unable to play the recorder to the teacher's satisfaction. I told Amy not to sweat it as I signed off the paperwork for her to enroll in Enriched Math next year! rofl