ethan’s elementary school has made notifying them of his absences so difficult that in spite of efforts to let them know in advance we still got a letter expressing their concern that he has three unexcused absences.

instead of providing instruction on how to best notify them of future absences or to clarify that his previous absences had been coordinated with his teacher they threatened us that too many unexcused absences could lead to prosecution.

they must be joking. i knew i hated school, i just didn’t know i was going to hate it even more when i sent my kids there.