I feel sorry for the girl, having already suffered, but she apparently has missed a great deal of school. Unfortunate that there was not better communication between school and home. She should not have reached this close to the end of the semester without the parents being fully aware of her status. This should not have been a surprise to anyone.
I wish they hadn’t printed the photo of her weeping. Don’t kids get any privacy these days? Don’t they want any?
A kid with leukemia and undergoing chemo should not be in school with loads of germs. Those germs could literally kill the kid. I'm sure there is more to the story and I agree the parents of a kid in such a situation must be in communication with the school constantly. I don't see from the article the parents were hands off. I will say this is the first time the parents experienced a child with cancer, but it was most likely not the first time the school or the priest was faced with this situation.
The parents are quoted she was making the grades to pass, yet the attendance issue is just plain stupid on the school's part. Given the treatments this girl gets she will burn her excused sick days within 4 months.
I wonder why the school did not offer the girl and family a home tutoring program to fit the child's chemo schedule and recovery? A Texas public school offered that for my son with no issues. He took the same exams, did the same projects, had the same homework assignments. They gave him a little more time to hand things in (within reason) given he was weak and sick from the treatments.
Now if the school told the parents that they 'strongly' suggested enrolling their child in another school, that the smaller Catholic school was not equipped to handle a sick child...then there's more to the story. But apparently, the school did take on this child in such a condition---cancer----child---Catholic church---What would Jesus Christ do?
Unfortunate that there was not better communication between school and home. She should not have reached this close to the end of the semester without the parents being fully aware of her status.
Your speculation. Parents with kids in such situations make everything involving the child their full time job. "Missing school" was inevitable and the school should know that. If you are unconvinced visit a children's hospital and follow a kid who just spent 4-5 hours getting an infusion and see what it does to them for two weeks following. If you do, you would be right there at the school calling them heartless frauds.