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Why would somebody stress about reporting their kid's absence from school? Or is that one of those Orwellian American things where you get arrested if you don't?
Yes. An acquaintance had to answer to Child Protective Services because they had a family trip to their home country and their kids missed 4 days of school without warning.
Ok, a whole family with school aged children disappearing for 4 days without warning anyone is legitimately concerning for the school
It is. But only in the US this story ends with cops.
Nobody said anything about cops.
I don't know how it works in other places, but CPS was escorted by cops. Also, still missing the point.
Didn't you smell the bacon like odor of a Truant-Officer stalking behind the post trying to track down those kids?
This happened all the time in my home country and no one batted an eye. The homeroom teacher just wrote up the tally towards the maximum allowable absence days, and informed the student and their parents via the booklet about the remaining days, which when exceeded, would automatically result in repeat of the school grade or expulsion (past the age of 16).
Maybe I'm in the wrong here, but... why not call and let the school know?
You're missing the point. Why didn't the school call before calling CPS and the cops on them?
In America, not every school is staffed to the point where they can have someone sit on phones all day. Most schools around me are working on shoestring budgets, and I'm in a fairly cosmopolitan area of California. It's even worse if you're in a rural area because there's no incentive to get good teachers there through pay rates or bonuses or anything like that. God help your kids if you're in a red state. They are giving emergency teaching credentials to anyone with a pulse.
It’s called anxiety. A lot of people have it; even us Orwellian Americans. 🙄
for some stupid reason funding gets cut if kids have unexcused absences. if you have too many, there's a truancy board and shit.