Re: Re: attendance rewards

[Guest guest]

I also have a3 month old, he was born on the 29th August, what day was your baby

boy born??

RE: RE: Attendance Rewards

>

> That a wonderful way to teach many life's lessons. !! Where do you

> live. I wish that would be a standard way to disipline.Good to

> incorporate that into home lessons as well.

> Thanks for sharing .have a wonderful week

>

> LOVE & HUGS<

> GrandmomBEV

>

[Guest guest]

I also have a3 month old, he was born on the 29th August, what day was your baby

boy born??

RE: RE: Attendance Rewards

>

> That a wonderful way to teach many life's lessons. !! Where do you

> live. I wish that would be a standard way to disipline.Good to

> incorporate that into home lessons as well.

> Thanks for sharing .have a wonderful week

>

> LOVE & HUGS<

> GrandmomBEV

>

[Guest guest]

I also have a3 month old, he was born on the 29th August, what day was your baby

boy born??

RE: RE: Attendance Rewards

>

> That a wonderful way to teach many life's lessons. !! Where do you

> live. I wish that would be a standard way to disipline.Good to

> incorporate that into home lessons as well.

> Thanks for sharing .have a wonderful week

>

> LOVE & HUGS<

> GrandmomBEV

>

[Guest guest]

That a wonderful way to teach many life's lessons. !! Where do you

live. I wish that would be a standard way to disipline.Good to

incorporate that into home lessons as well.

Thanks for sharing .have a wonderful week

LOVE & HUGS<

GrandmomBEV

Attendance Rewards

>

> I was a " perfect attendance " award recipient from kindergarten

> through 4th grade (I think). It was important to me at the time (many

> years ago!), but now I see it very differently.

>

> My children's public schools have an a pizza coupon (or a Chick-Fil-A

> coupon) which is given each quarter with a letter. It goes home to

> the parents and does not get announced in the school. It is based on

> attendance, but it is not perfect attendance, which is, in my

> opinion, a bad idea (rewarding parents and kids for coming to school

> to spread germs, viruses, and many other nasties). I think it is up

> to the teacher to determine who receives it.

>

> I was lucky and very healthy as a kid. I was one of those

> over-achievers who cried if my mom suggested I stay home til I felt

> better. I saw a doctor maybe once a year and in those days they often

> made house calls.

>

> I don't have a problem with schools having incentive programs and

> trying to get kids to see the importance of coming every day and on

> time, etc. BUT I really have an issue with the flaunt-it-in-your face

> stuff like holding parties and such during school time for those

> children who were lucky enough not to be born with a health condition

> they have no control over.

>

> I'm not just talking about the kids with cf, wither. If a child is

> vomiting all night at home, or has a fever at 7 am, he/she should not

> be pressured into attending school that day for his/her own safety

> AND THAT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL!

>

> We need to change the way these schools think.

>

> What ideas do we have? Write to me directly and I'll compile

> suggestions.

>

> -Lenora

>

> lenora@...

>

>

> --

> http://www.lenoradegen.com

> Give a gift of art...Charming renderings of a home or

> establishment...Original, one-of-a-kind pen & ink or

> watercolor...Special prices available only until November 29th, 2002

>

> http://www.cfawareness.org

> ...in memory...in hope...dispelling the darkness...Learn more about

> Cystic Fibrosis and the special people who cope with it every day

>

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be construed as medical advice.

PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR

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[Guest guest]

That a wonderful way to teach many life's lessons. !! Where do you

live. I wish that would be a standard way to disipline.Good to

incorporate that into home lessons as well.

Thanks for sharing .have a wonderful week

LOVE & HUGS<

GrandmomBEV

Attendance Rewards

>

> I was a " perfect attendance " award recipient from kindergarten

> through 4th grade (I think). It was important to me at the time (many

> years ago!), but now I see it very differently.

>

> My children's public schools have an a pizza coupon (or a Chick-Fil-A

> coupon) which is given each quarter with a letter. It goes home to

> the parents and does not get announced in the school. It is based on

> attendance, but it is not perfect attendance, which is, in my

> opinion, a bad idea (rewarding parents and kids for coming to school

> to spread germs, viruses, and many other nasties). I think it is up

> to the teacher to determine who receives it.

>

> I was lucky and very healthy as a kid. I was one of those

> over-achievers who cried if my mom suggested I stay home til I felt

> better. I saw a doctor maybe once a year and in those days they often

> made house calls.

>

> I don't have a problem with schools having incentive programs and

> trying to get kids to see the importance of coming every day and on

> time, etc. BUT I really have an issue with the flaunt-it-in-your face

> stuff like holding parties and such during school time for those

> children who were lucky enough not to be born with a health condition

> they have no control over.

>

> I'm not just talking about the kids with cf, wither. If a child is

> vomiting all night at home, or has a fever at 7 am, he/she should not

> be pressured into attending school that day for his/her own safety

> AND THAT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL!

>

> We need to change the way these schools think.

>

> What ideas do we have? Write to me directly and I'll compile

> suggestions.

>

> -Lenora

>

> lenora@...

>

>

> --

> http://www.lenoradegen.com

> Give a gift of art...Charming renderings of a home or

> establishment...Original, one-of-a-kind pen & ink or

> watercolor...Special prices available only until November 29th, 2002

>

> http://www.cfawareness.org

> ...in memory...in hope...dispelling the darkness...Learn more about

> Cystic Fibrosis and the special people who cope with it every day

>

-------------------------------------------

The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY

be construed as medical advice.

PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR

TREATMENTS.

------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

That a wonderful way to teach many life's lessons. !! Where do you

live. I wish that would be a standard way to disipline.Good to

incorporate that into home lessons as well.

Thanks for sharing .have a wonderful week

LOVE & HUGS<

GrandmomBEV

Attendance Rewards

>

> I was a " perfect attendance " award recipient from kindergarten

> through 4th grade (I think). It was important to me at the time (many

> years ago!), but now I see it very differently.

>

> My children's public schools have an a pizza coupon (or a Chick-Fil-A

> coupon) which is given each quarter with a letter. It goes home to

> the parents and does not get announced in the school. It is based on

> attendance, but it is not perfect attendance, which is, in my

> opinion, a bad idea (rewarding parents and kids for coming to school

> to spread germs, viruses, and many other nasties). I think it is up

> to the teacher to determine who receives it.

>

> I was lucky and very healthy as a kid. I was one of those

> over-achievers who cried if my mom suggested I stay home til I felt

> better. I saw a doctor maybe once a year and in those days they often

> made house calls.

>

> I don't have a problem with schools having incentive programs and

> trying to get kids to see the importance of coming every day and on

> time, etc. BUT I really have an issue with the flaunt-it-in-your face

> stuff like holding parties and such during school time for those

> children who were lucky enough not to be born with a health condition

> they have no control over.

>

> I'm not just talking about the kids with cf, wither. If a child is

> vomiting all night at home, or has a fever at 7 am, he/she should not

> be pressured into attending school that day for his/her own safety

> AND THAT OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL!

>

> We need to change the way these schools think.

>

> What ideas do we have? Write to me directly and I'll compile

> suggestions.

>

> -Lenora

>

> lenora@...

>

>

> --

> http://www.lenoradegen.com

> Give a gift of art...Charming renderings of a home or

> establishment...Original, one-of-a-kind pen & ink or

> watercolor...Special prices available only until November 29th, 2002

>

> http://www.cfawareness.org

> ...in memory...in hope...dispelling the darkness...Learn more about

> Cystic Fibrosis and the special people who cope with it every day

>

-------------------------------------------

The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY

be construed as medical advice.

PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR

TREATMENTS.

------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH!!! HAVE LOTS OF FUN!!!

LOVE & HUGS,

GRANDMOMBEV

RE: RE: Attendance Rewards

>

> That a wonderful way to teach many life's lessons. !! Where do you

> live. I wish that would be a standard way to disipline.Good to

> incorporate that into home lessons as well. Thanks for sharing .have a

> wonderful week

>

> LOVE & HUGS<

> GrandmomBEV

>

-------------------------------------------

The opinions and information exchanged on this list should IN NO WAY

be construed as medical advice.

PLEASE CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE CHANGING ANY MEDICATIONS OR

TREATMENTS.

------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Only circus people homeschool there? What in the world?

BTW, I was homeschooled from the second half of 9th grade through graduation.

Shanna

mom of Triana, age 2 wcf

Re: attendance rewards

Hi ,

I bet all school boards in your district are reliefed that you

homeschool, LOL!

Seriously, I am baffled about the whole thread. I am out of school

for twenty years now, so maybe I have missed a development here.

Don't you go to school everyday except when you are sick? And don't

those, who are healthy help their sick colleagues anymore?

A rewarding system that encourages sick people to go to school and

discriminates those who can't is stupid, to say the least. If the

teaching at that school is so poor that the teachers have to reward

people who sacrifice themselves to attend, then those teachers should

waste a thought about their teaching methods.

One year to go until Fiona goes to school. I better start to prepare

for the worst. And as you know, only circus people homeschool here :-)

Peace

Torsten

> The exclusion of your child is a form of discrimination. A well-

> written letter to the local school board pointing this fact out may

> go a long way in correcting the situation. It's not just " unfair, "

> it's illegal. A copy of the letter sent to the local newspapers,

> radio and television stations may help give a nudge in changing

these

> practices. (Make sure that your letter includes details of who's

> getting copies under the " CC: " at the bottom!)

> The teachers can be jerks, the principal can be a jerk, but the

> school board is elected and they will do the right thing so they

> don't get slammed in the next election. Also, violating this

federal

> rule will snatch away their funding, so they are probably going to

be

> eager to comply once they realize that this is a real problem.

> See http://www.ed.gov/offices/OCR/disability.html for an overview

of

> disablility discrimination.

> " Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits

> discrimination based on disability in programs or activities

> receiving federal financial assistance. The U.S. Department of

> Education gives grants of financial assistance to schools and

> colleges and to certain other entities, including vocational

> rehabilitation programs. "

> If it seems that this is making a big stink over a small

infraction,

> consider how huge this seems to a small child. The responsibility

of

> advocacy for our children falls squarely on our own backs. If we

> don't push for the changes to be made, no one will. If you don't

> want to push it yourself, there are lots of attorneys who

specialize

> in pushing for you. Look for one who specializes in civil rights.

>

> ~

> mommy of 3, 1 with cf