Under Ministry of Education guidelines, parents may request that a school’s principal excuse a student “in the event of a family emergency, lengthy illness, or other extenuating circumstances.”
Under Ministry of Education guidelines, parents may request that a school’s principal excuse a student “in the event of a family emergency, lengthy illness, or other extenuating circumstances.”
Parents should not be told to keep their children at home if they are not going to write the FSAs. Students have the right to be in school, and schools and school districts can easily accommodate students whose parents have exempted them from the FSA.
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