My point in my post was, we simply didn’t take our kids word they were sick... We actually checked their the temperature and for signs of illness...
90 % of the time, they were fine and dandy, just didn’t want to go to school...
Of course if they actually sick... They got to stay home in bed, no T.V. No telephone but reading...
That’s understandable, just a pet peeve of mine due to our situation.
We went through some years where we had the same problem with our kids. If we didn’t watch and check temperatures they would miss every day.
Found this on that school districts’ website.
Here is that schools attendance policy.
http://www.screven.k12.ga.us/Portals/Screven/District/docs/Compulsory%20Attendance.pdf
I have seen much worse stricter policies than this...
I do however believe these laws are ridiculous and are tied strictly to funding for the schools. Being arrested because your kids miss a few too many school days is just wrong though, no matter what their rules are.