Some parents....

Part of my job is parent conferences. Most of the time, I deal with parents who are concerned about their child's education and they are doing the best they can to help their child learn. However, there is that occasional parent who leaves a teacher wanting to scream. I had one of those conferences this week. The child in question has already missed 12 days of school this year. Her records from the previous school show she missed 54 days last year. I made the accurate comment in the conference that in order for this child to make academic growth, she need to be at school consistently. The parent then goes off about how she only keeps her child out when necessary. As the conference progressed, the fact that the child didn't miss a lot of first grade came out and the parent remarked that was because her roommate at the time got up in the morning and made sure the child got to school. All I can say is that I'm lucky I didn't bite my tongue in two trying to remain professional and not go off at that remark. I stood my firm ground that when the child is truly sick, of course I want her to stay home. However, she needs to be at school consistently. The conference ended with the parent informing me that because of an emergency, the child will be out of school on the 18th. I've never met anyone who could forecast having an emergency 10 days before it happens. Is that a special form of ESP????

So, do I laugh at the comedy of me being in this situation, or shake my head at the soap opera this conference turned out to be?

This and that....

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