It was our
goal to restore local control over school attendance and promote district
policies that would prevent innocent families from becoming entangled in the
burdensome monitoring and intrusions of pre-court truancy diversion programs, DHHS,
and legal action.
We fought
hard during this year’s legislative session to restore local control over
school attendance, but there will be no
significant changes in the coming school year if parents don't hold their school
districts accountable for using common sense in their attendance policies and reflecting
the strong family values of our local communities.
Parents must
be involved in the governance of their local school districts! “Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty.”
If parents are going to retain their precious constitutional rights, to direct
the upbringing and education of their children, they absolutely must be
involved; not just in their kid’s classroom but in the politics and policy
making of their school districts.
Many school
board members are up for re-election, a new superintendent is being put in
place in OPS, and it’s time for parents reach out to the candidates and find
out what philosophies about family life and school drive their decision making.
Gretna
School District Policy has been a model for me, one that reflects the general
values of our family centered state. It recognizes family life as a bedrock of
child development and allows reasonable family travel to be excused. Gretna
continues to recognize and trust the judgment of their school building
principals as the ones most qualified to judge whether an absence is legitimate
or not based on their first hand knowledge of the families and their students.
Nebraskans
are people who believe in freedom, who know it is essential to trust parents to
raise their families without the heavy handed scrutiny of government
intervention. We want our community schools to be places where common sense can
be exercised by building principals who work closely with parents and students.
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Things excused under
Gretna Policy:
(1) Illness (personal illness of student)
(2) Bereavement or emergency in the family
(3) Doctor or dental appointment which require student to be
absent from school,
(4) Court appearances that are required by a court order,
(5) School sponsored activities which require students to be
absent from school,
(6) Family trips in which student accompanies
parent(s)/legal guardian(s),
(7) Religious observance,
(8) Other absences which have received prior approval from
the Principal.28
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