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<blockquote data-quote="kattriss" data-source="post: 645688" data-attributes="member: 18718"><p>Wow...reading all of your comments really has me concerned about what the future holds for my family. My 16yo has come close to being considered a truant, and I've read horror stories about parents being arrested, fined, etc despite their best efforts to force their kids to go to school. My 11yo loves cyber and thankfully puts in the required number of hours without an issue. My 16yo? I'm lucky to get her to log in at all during the day, and when she does she rushes through assignments in an hour. Lengthier assignments she basically turns in a "dummy" document just to make it look like she actually did the work. Needless to say, I grasp at straws most days to make sure her attendance doesn't go into alarm status (any reading, job searching, artistic, physical, or educational activity I report as hours of attendance, even if they don't correspond with her lessons). </p><p></p><p>That said, she is so fed up with school that she insists she will drop out the moment she turns 17 (legal age in PA) and get her GED. However, it's my understanding that even if she passes the GED, it will not go into effect until she turns 18 OR her original class graduates. Even worse, in PA the school district holds the power to issue work permits and they have the authority to deny one if the student is not exhibiting adequate academic performance. So even though she wants to work, she's at the mercy of our school district to allow her to do so...she's failing EVERYTHING and is in danger of being held back in 10th grade for a second time. And they're in charge until she's 18 even if she drops out of school, or at least that's my understanding. </p><p></p><p>And of course if she just refuses to do the work and doesn't put in 28 hours a week, I'm the one who is at risk of legal action against me for truancy. The only loophole I have come across in PA code is that her psychiatrist could deem her mentally incapable of finishing school and she could drop out legally prior to turning 17...I'm actually hoping for this because I can't afford to lose my job (nor can my husband) over something we literally have no control over given our circumstances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kattriss, post: 645688, member: 18718"] Wow...reading all of your comments really has me concerned about what the future holds for my family. My 16yo has come close to being considered a truant, and I've read horror stories about parents being arrested, fined, etc despite their best efforts to force their kids to go to school. My 11yo loves cyber and thankfully puts in the required number of hours without an issue. My 16yo? I'm lucky to get her to log in at all during the day, and when she does she rushes through assignments in an hour. Lengthier assignments she basically turns in a "dummy" document just to make it look like she actually did the work. Needless to say, I grasp at straws most days to make sure her attendance doesn't go into alarm status (any reading, job searching, artistic, physical, or educational activity I report as hours of attendance, even if they don't correspond with her lessons). That said, she is so fed up with school that she insists she will drop out the moment she turns 17 (legal age in PA) and get her GED. However, it's my understanding that even if she passes the GED, it will not go into effect until she turns 18 OR her original class graduates. Even worse, in PA the school district holds the power to issue work permits and they have the authority to deny one if the student is not exhibiting adequate academic performance. So even though she wants to work, she's at the mercy of our school district to allow her to do so...she's failing EVERYTHING and is in danger of being held back in 10th grade for a second time. And they're in charge until she's 18 even if she drops out of school, or at least that's my understanding. And of course if she just refuses to do the work and doesn't put in 28 hours a week, I'm the one who is at risk of legal action against me for truancy. The only loophole I have come across in PA code is that her psychiatrist could deem her mentally incapable of finishing school and she could drop out legally prior to turning 17...I'm actually hoping for this because I can't afford to lose my job (nor can my husband) over something we literally have no control over given our circumstances. [/QUOTE]
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