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Are you eighteen years old? You would have to be a legal adult to be consider your own educational rights holder and be able to right notes to clear absences. If you aren’t your parents are responsible for you and are looking at a potential misdemeanor. Don’t use your schools dropout rate as an excuse to not attend. You control your attendance, so citing your schools dropout rate is purely an excuse and rationalization to justify your non attendance.As I am familiar with California Education Code not Nevada I did a quick search and found this: (Source: law.justia.com)NRS 392.130 Conditions under which pupil deemed truant; approval required for absence; notice of unapproved absence to parent; applicability.An absence which has not been approved pursuant to subsection 1 or 3 shall be deemed an unapproved absence. In the event of an unapproved absence, the teacher, attendance officer or other school official shall deliver or cause to be delivered a written notice of truancy to the parent, legal guardian or other person having control or charge of the child. The written notice must be delivered to the parent, legal guardian or other person who has control of the child. The written notice must inform the parents or legal guardian of such absences in a form specified by the DepartmentChapter 392 Pupils NRS 392.140 Conditions under which pupil declared habitual truant; applicability.Any child who has been declared a truant three or more times within one school year must be declared a habitual truant.Chapter 392 Pupils NRS 392.144 Duties of school if pupil is truant; reporting of habitual truant to law enforcement or referral to advisory board.1. If a pupil has one or more unapproved absences from school, the school in which the pupil is enrolled shall take reasonable actions designed, as applicable, to encourage, enable or convince the pupil to attend school.2. If a pupil is a habitual truant pursuant to NRS 392.140, the principal of the school shall:(a) Report the pupil to a school police officer or to the local law enforcement agency for investigation and issuance of a citation, if warranted, in accordance with NRS 392.149; orChapter 392 PupilsNRS 392.210 Penalty for failure of parent, guardian or custodian of child to prevent subsequent truancy; limitation for providers of foster care.1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a parent, guardian or other person who has control or charge of any child and to whom notice has been given of the child's truancy as provided in NRS 392.130 and 392.140, and who fails to prevent the child's subsequent truancy within that school year, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Honestly, if a teacher spanked one of my children, I would have been super livid, freaked out, and then would immediately have assumed that my child deserved it and hopefully learned his lesson.I have 6 kids (5m/1f). My oldest kids are teenagers - all testosterone, and muscles, adrenaline. They have friends whose moms have allowed alternative forms of punishment from coaches outside of school. I have heard stories from them about city league soccer and football coaches, but I have no experience with it personally. My daughter loves sports too, but she has a sweet artistic, quiet side and she has mentioned nothing about being in trouble at school at all. My youngest son is so full of joy but also has severe special needs that can flip him from nice to ‘full of piss and vinegar’ in a heartbeat.Thankfully, 5 of my kids are in very loving, small, private schools, and I think that I have a good relationship with the principal. If anything ever happens, he calls me on my cell phone, we talk through the incidents, and I am almost always in agreement with their forms of discipline.My youngest is in a SpEd language resource room in a public school. When he first started in the school, everything was super great. However, when he has seizures, his recovery medication can make him hostile and anxious. I normally try to keep him home so that he is not a distraction to the kids in the class or a burden to the teachers. Towards the end of the school year last year, my son had a series of seizures at night. I sent a text message to the teacher, and she warned me that I probably needed to send him to school so he would not get a truancy letter. I tried reminding her how he was after seizures, but she told me to go ahead and send him to school, and that they could handle it.That next morning, I dropped him off at school, and went to Mass with my other children for chapel day. I left my phone in the car, like normal, and was in the Church and the kids’ school for almost 2 hours. When I got to the car, I had several missed calls and text msgs from the teacher, the nurse and the school. My heart sank. I read through them, and became increasingly angry about the situation.Apparently, my sweet son turned angry and volatile once he got settled in his classroom. Something triggered him, and he felt like he was not getting as much attention as he wanted. He was being a distraction. He threw himself on the floor. He was calling the teacher and the aids all sorts of names in his very broken English and via hand signals. Finally, he had to be restrained. Being restrained is not awesome, in fact, it is super scary to a child with severe needs, who cannot control himself. I listened to all of this play out via a series of voicemails as I raced across town. The last voicemail said that he was being written up with a referral, and that he was suspended for at least a day.I was very angry at the whole situation - angry at the teacher for telling me to send him even when I warned her about his behavior on rescue meds. I was angry at the school system for enforcing an unrealistic attendance policy for kids in the SpEd classrooms. I was angry at the suspension because I only sent him to school because they threatened me with a truancy letter, and now he was missing school. I was angry with myself for putting him in that position and setting him up for failure. I should have lied to the school and said he was sick. I should have ignored the teacher and kept him home, but I did not and he suffered because of it. I guess they could have spanked him and he would have understood that about as much as being restrained or being suspended. Chances are, with his seizures, he would not have remembered either form of discipline anyway.Once I got him sorted out at home, I called his neurology office and explained to them what happened. The doctor emailed me a letter that basically says, “Hi, my patient has severe medical and emotional needs from epilepsy, severe cognitive delays, autism, and being non-verbal. Please excuse my patient from school on ___ day(s), for ___ day(s) so that my patient can recover from ____ and not be a burden, distraction, or danger to his classmates, teachers, and aids and/or infect those around him with ____. Thanks.” This one little letter allows me to protect my child and the school from stupid rules, and hopefully will prevent any future issue with crazy but often necessary forms of discipline.

I would attempt to discover the nature of her anxiety- is it with regard to academics or is it social or a combo? It should most definitely be treated. Make an appointment with her pediatrician and probably get a referral to a child psychiatrist. Go prepared. Meet with teachers and administrators. I would also add paraprofessionals- lunchroom monitors, playground monitors, etc. They have a keen eye for social issues. Ask teachers to observe at various times during the day and keep some kind of a log.She will likely require some form of psych testing especially if there is a disparity between her ability and her functioning. Then of course, treatment, program evaluation etc.I would only add that if a child has school-anxieties they often appear in other situations where she interacts with other kids. This can happen in Sunday School or its equivalent, the neighborhood or just family gatherings.These school phobias can be a real hard nut to crack and should be managed with great tenderness and a non- pushy approach. That approach can conflict with truancy regs and all kinds of other accountability rules. Don’t capitulate in your attempt to minimize her emotional reactions and make sure you have a supportive MD who will mediate on her behalf should that occur. (I’ve had a few cases like this and that’s why I bring it up.) Make sure she is getting sufficient sleep and that her eating patterns haven’t changed. If she was active in a sport or had a hobby and has recently lost interest- that is a sign that must be reported to the professionals. Any other unusual changes in mood- including humor and silliness should be shared.Good luck.