[Amelia]

One of my students went on vacation for two weeks and then we had a three week break. She came back for 3 days and then her family was off on vacation again for 2 more weeks. It took her about a month to get back to where she had been....The trouble is that some parents expect you to provide every assignment for the time gone.

In our district, those would have been unexcused absences, she wouldn't have been allowed to make up the work, and she'd have been denied credit for the year.

[moog]

In our district, those would have been unexcused absences, she wouldn't have been allowed to make up the work, and she'd have been denied credit for the year.

Maybe in the secondary schools here, not sure. But then something like that can get people's hair tied up in a knot too.