[Politicalmom]

Our Georgia school has threatened parents with a "social worker" if a child misses more than five days of school in a year. I am completely ticked. I called the State Board of Ed, but they said that it was legal, but ten days was much more common.

I don't like my children's health being held hostage due to a tie to the school funds. They better not send a social worker to MY house.

[eyespysomething]

We too are in GA.

One doesn't have to wonder why we are at the bottom of the list when it comes to edumakation.

[ladylib]

The schools are under a lot of pressure under No Child Left Behind. At this point, they really don't care if they usurp parental authority. Attendance rates have to go up, drop-out rates have to go down, and kids have to do well on their "high-stakes" tests or the school gets taken over by the feds and school officials get replaced. The kids have to pull the fat from the fire to make school officials look good and property values don't plummet. It's a lot to ask kids to do, and I'm beginning to think a lot of them and their parents are beginning to resent it mightily, especially when students are drilled excessively on how to take the tests. They're becoming bored and disinterested in learning because no real learning is taking place.
I foresee a lot more parents becoming interested in homeschooling and private schools in the future, however.