Did that make the difference in your ability to "get his butt out of bed"?

It made a difference to him. My problem was the treatment of being a few minutes late being aquated to skipping school. And no, I'm not excusing the tardies.

 

One thing you have to remember is a parent only has so much control over their children. I don't think a parent is necessarily to blame for everything wrong a child does.

I agree about skipping school v/s being tardy.

In both situations, changes need to be made. We have so many laws and policies now that excuse the kid and blame the parent and the school. IMO the kids of this generation need to learn to take responsibility for their actions. A little tough love could do a lot of good.

I agree about skipping school v/s being tardy.

In both situations, changes need to be made. We have so many laws and policies now that excuse the kid and blame the parent and the school. IMO the kids of this generation need to learn to take responsibility for their actions. A little tough love could do a lot of good.

 

 

Part of the problem is that schools are now counting minutes and not just days or half days. This is mandated by the state for attendence purposes. The state call it progress I call it ill-advised. You take a good kid who is just slow, or over the course of a school year is late 7 times out of 189 school days and he has two and one third absenses, even if he was only late by a few minutes and was there the rest of the day, but the school is docked for that much money.....AHHHHHHHHHHH.......MONEY is what it all boils down to. Kids not is schools equals less money which goes onto stricter enforcement.........and so on and so forth...yada, yada, yada.....and here we are having this discussion.

What did happen to our son as a freshman; he hurt his knee playing freshman basketball and we took him to a specialist (of course we tried to get the latest appointment's as possible). He didn't turn in his doctor's excuses to the absentee office. We get a letter in the mail from the BOE that he was truant for 10 day's. That was the last time we had that problem.

HMMM....We did not get in trouble, however, we did have a foster teen who we would take to school, drop her off, watch to see if she went in the building. Well, that did not work, she would hide in her locker until the first bell rang, then, went out of the school.

 

We then walked her into the school, took her to the office every morning....still did not work. She would go to home room then leave.

 

I think if the parent is really trying that the parent should not be at fault. You can not be with them at all times...especially when they reach a certain age.

 

Nothing worked with her at all. We went through heck with her. Again, I think it depends on the situation.

HMMM....We did not get in trouble, however, we did have a foster teen who we would take to school, drop her off, watch to see if she went in the building. Well, that did not work, she would hide in her locker until the first bell rang, then, went out of the school.

 

We then walked her into the school, took her to the office every morning....still did not work. She would go to home room then leave.

 

I think if the parent is really trying that the parent should not be at fault. You can not be with them at all times...especially when they reach a certain age.

 

Nothing worked with her at all. We went through heck with her. Again, I think it depends on the situation.

 

 

You did you everything possible and that should be taken into consideration by the judge, but before it gets to that the DPP usually writes the letter and if there is communication between the parties then it can be worked out prior to it coming to court. At least before the parents get involved in the courts, the kid is still going to have to go to court.

Actually, it's "spare the rod, HATE the child."

 

 

LBBC got it straight for us.

 

I thought it said hate too, googled it real quick because I wasn't sure if it was in Old or New Testament.

 

And I'm ashamed of the latter part.

Absolutely should be fined. And, if their child commits a crime during a time when they should be in school, I say the parents should be jailed as well.

 

Parents have a duty and responsibility to have their children in school. If your kid isn't in school 20 times you are neglecting your parental duties.

 

Ditto--great post. Parents should know and be aware of where their kids are and what they are doing . . . in the case of middle school and elementary students they cannot even drive yet .... the parents are the ones that need to make sure they are up and on the bus or driven to school on time.

It is underused because basically, it is illegal for the district.

 

If a student shows they are a danger to the everyone else, they can be expelled but then the district is financially responsible for educating that child in a 1 on 1 setting, a virtual HS or some other choice, unless the parent chooses to withdraw the kid and homeschool them before expulsion occurs.

 

No, that regulation was changed last year. If the board determines that the child was a danger, then the child can be expelled without the board paying for the computer in the home.