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Virginia Schools Attendance Policy
Franklin County High School Attendance Policy (currently posted but out of date)
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Susan: I am just curious how a parent is supposed to trust a school board member o...Amanda B: Kari H – I wholeheartedly agree. We, as parents, are quite capable of mak...Sandi Saunders: Kari H, you are exactly right on that “target” mention. I was a PTA lea...Ashli: "Ashli missed onde class period too much because i have braces and i have t...kevin: I think schools need to stop trying to be the parents and start being the ...Heather Shorter: I was a student at Franklin County High School. I attend every saturday sch...Rosalie: I am disheartened by the schools attendance policies. My child attends Cen...Dawn: I read about this situation in the Roanoke Times. Unfortunately, I am not s...Unnamed: Wow... I was directed here by the article that I read in the Roanoke Times ...Janet: I think they should say it affects all students. My child goes to school si...Amber: My school also has an attendance policy, it goes, If we miss 3 days unexcu...DeKilte: Perhaps this would be a better policy to follow. It worked wonderfully at m...Sherry: I think this policy is stupid. Last year the policy was 10 days per semest...Pam: In Europe they don't even have an attendance policy. The exchange students ...Beverly Duvall: Dr. Lackey Get real. There is no shame in admitting that maybe the policy...Marissa: "Marissa missed 5 minutes too much last year in a semester. So 20 bucks for...Kari: Brittany-If a Senior in High School can't spell the word ridiculous properl...Carol: My sons play high school football, wrestling and track. They happen to have...Chelsea Layman: The fact that I went to this school hits home with me. Swine flu has been a...Kaitlin: I graduated from Franklin County High School in 2008, and none of this ever...Craig Sales: I just think it is very interesting how we went from an attitude of "No Chi...Brian: Thanks for responding Brittany. You ask us to "get over it." Sorry, if a p...Brian: Hi Ben, Thanks for taking the time to comment. There are more students af...Ben: I am currently a Franklin county High School Student in the Top 2 percentil...Brittany: The attendance policy is not rediculous. You people are rediculous. I'm a s...Delaney: I am a straight A student at FCHS. I love my school but I think the attenda...Carol: Yes, even though he earned all A's and his absences fall under "excused" ab...Jeremy: There was NO need to change the policy at the beginning of the year. Why ch...Brian: I attended the school board meeting with my wife to offer moral support whi...Pam: Carol, this is great that you are doing this and getting the necessary chan...Mark: I am interested in what they have to say about dealing with this policy. My...Cameron Lee: I couldnt explain it better myself Brian. Why work hard when if you squeak ...Brian: The key issue with this bad policy is NOT the Saturday School or the $20 fe...Brian Duvall: At this same meeting Dr. Lackey said, "Mrs. Duvall, you haven't shown me on...Samantha Parsons: "Your son must make a choice of attending the program and get an F or atten...Cameron Lee: Oh and I have experience with this policy. They failed me on my first semes...Cameron Lee: This policy is something that truly just does not make sense to me. My whol...Kelsi: this policy is seriously stupid.They say if you bring in a doctors excuse y...Brian: The last Saturday schools are May 22 and June 5th...Taylor: Haha Ethan and Chris you are my heroes. I wish that I had thought of that, ...Chris: I liked the analogy that Ethan made. Basically, how would the Superintenden...Rebecca: "True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the ...Emma: There is a new attendance policy this year at Franklin County High School. ...Ethan Wood: What is this new policy actually achieving? If you think about it, if some...Taylor: So I never really understood the new policy but now after reading I do...an...Taylor: This policy is ridiculous. There is absolutely no reason why the school sho...Raven: Oh come on, are you for real?! What was wrong with the old policy?! I mean ...Rob Lamar: The problem with the current attendance policy is the school system's refus...Chris: Honestly i see no point in the new attendance policy, i mean with the old p...Mikey: I really don't like this attendence policy. It's ridiculous to get an F in ...-
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