Hello, I am new to this forum and have a question for any experienced parents. I am going to give the background first and then my question is below. We recently moved to a new school district and they run their attendance differently than the other school district we were in. In this school district, they count attendance per class, so if you are late and miss a certain amount of time for the class, you are considered absent. My S has many tardies for his first period class due to being sick this year. He has asthma so during this bad winter that we had in the east coast, he had many colds which got worse due to his asthma. He had wheezing issues so when he woke in the morning, he needed to take nebulizer treatment and wait until the wheezing stopped before he could go to school. Since he has had asthma his entire life, we know how to treat it and didn't need to go to the doctor each time he got sick.
Since he was tardy for first period, he has gone over the number of absences allowed and now will be issued a "no credit" standing for the first period class. This will not be a "withdrawn passing" or "withdrawn failure". The designation specifically will show the name of the class and next to it "no credit". The first period class is not a class he needs to graduate,and is not a class he needs for his potential college major. It is an elective that he just took for fun. The teacher regards him highly and even gave an award for his ability in the class.
Could the college rescind admission due to this "no credit" status. Should we appeal the school district, and if we appeal, since we don't have a doctor's note for each tardy, would they believe us? I am not sure of the direction we should take. I know in hindsight we should have monitored this more closely, so no need to tell us that or blame us. It was a misunderstanding on our part on how absences are handled in the new school district (we thought if you come in to school, even though it is late, you are counted present). I would like constructive input so that we can figure out our next steps. Thanks in advance for any input you have.
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