I didn’t realise some schools could fine parents for taking their kids out of school ?!?!
Our sons school states that they allow up to 10 days discretionary absence per year – some parents seem to treat this as extra holiday entitlement and aim to use all of it 🙂
We took our son out of school for one day a couple of weeks ago for a Friday-Friday holidy the first week of half term.
One day.
Handed in the ‘request for absence form’, next day we got the reply slip back authorising the absence … but with a barely legible sribble saying ‘attendance must improve next term’ …
I wouldn’t mind, but 50% of his absence this year is due to the school’s own rules that if your child is sick they are not allowed back to school for 48 hours – i.e. every absence is therefore minimum 2 days regardless of the sickness (fair enough if it’s something contagious, but there’s loads of stuff that isn’t, and the rule is still enforced. idiots).
So they’re complaining about our sons absence despite half of his time off being due to their own flipping rules.
Idiots.
I was in half a mind to go to the office and have a polite rant at them.