Lisa loves Pooh
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Originally posted by fcrouch
my wife teaches at a school and her school's policy is NOT to give the homework out before the child leaves on vacation - then the child has to make it all up after returning home or doesn't get credit for it! She doesn't like the policy but she's not the one setting it. I think it is the school's way of discouraging taking the kids out of school. That may be a consideration for parents with older students - high school - if the school actively discourages this and makes it difficult for a student to keep up grades.
In this case--the way high school courses seem to be going--perhaps the child can read ahead--some schools give syllabi at the beginning of the year (like reading lists and such)--so the student may at least do something so that doing the homework an easier task upon return.
I know my brother's high school required every absence to have a doctor's note--my family didn't have insurance at the time--so even if he was sick he'd have to go to school or spend $90 to have a doctor write a note. Yikes!!!