Everything was going well and our son attendance rate was up above 80% for the 1st weeks of term. Petty **bleep** well if I don’t say myself. All was good that Wednesday morning when our son went off to school. Until I got that dreaded phone message “Your son was mark absent …..Please explain his absence” I quickly made a few phone calls and contacted my child. He said he was with his mate. Who had a fight with his mother and was very upset and could he say and comfort him. I agreed and quickly text the school back to say our son have been accounted for. His mate ended up staying at our place for a fee days. He is now back with his mother... for now at least. (That’s another long story for another time.) Any way the next day the deputy principle called our son into his office and gave him the 3rd degree. He questions him about his absentee the day before, his lack of attendance last term and many other things. He then made threats to put him on detention for not coming to school. When my son explained the reason for his lack of attendance last year was that he had anxiety and depression. Well the deputy went into a tail spin and totally disputed his medical condition. From that moment on we could see his deterioration in his health and spiralling down into the black hole. Hance his attendance has been declining. We saw his counsellor and DR. There were shocked by this interrogation. And we should put in a complaint to the school. We have put a formal complaint to the principle but she down played this complaint. The result of the past few weeks has put a toll on our family and our stress levels are very high. Here we go again. Thanks for the rant The Ant.
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