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Will the schools be closed tomorrow

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    #32
    FlashGordon1969
    Closed Accounts Posts: 242 ✭✭FlashGordon1969


    Thaedydal wrote: »
    The thing is if the school closes officially it is marked as a school closure,
    if you just keep the kids at home and the school doesn't close then they get marked absent. 20 days absent for the entire school year and the attendance officer has to flag the file and you get visited, if it's more then 20 days then you run the risk of being fined if your child misses too many days from school.

    There are some nasty chest infections going atm and both mine caught it and so ended up missing 7 school days, so absentees can easily rack up.


    You are joking? Welfare officers run off their feet. 25 days off wont get you a visit-at most a letter. Trust me.


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    lucy2010
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭lucy2010


    FlashGordon1969 wrote: »
    You are joking? Welfare officers run off their feet. 25 days off wont get you a visit-at most a letter. Trust me.

    is it not unexplained absentism ?


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    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    FlashGordon1969 wrote: »
    You are joking? Welfare officers run off their feet. 25 days off wont get you a visit-at most a letter. Trust me.

    At 18 days I have had a phone call from the school's attendance officer,
    at 21 days I had the home school illason officer call over to the house.
    We had flu last year and then tummy bugs so the sick days were real and I was told that if there were any more before the end of the school year to get a dr's note or else there would be a referral made to the Dept of Education.


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