Posted in Ponderings

Today, we recieved a phone call from my sons school. Hubby answered it thinking something was up with Matt. He had gotten in trouble at the beginning of the year for fighting with another kid who happens to live in our neighborhood.

Anyway, It appears that Matt has missed 18 days from school. and the principal wanted to let us know that he only allowed to miss 25 days for the whole year before they call a truant officer. Hubby explained to him that Matt had been sick and we did not want to expose the kids to his sickie germs, so we kept him home. Something I wish other parents would do, but some just simply can't do to child care issues.

We also explained to the principal that when it is slippery out, we will not take Matt to school. I live on the top of two hills on the side of one ofthem, so if we can not get up or down our street safely, we will not leave the house. I hate the cold and it does bug my asthma when it is super cold. Not to mention that my hubby is on blood thinners because of his DVT and he gets super cold really easy.

So anyway, the principal tells my hubby that we need to send Matt to school even if he is sick. If he is sick then the nurse can evaluate him and call us if he needs to go home. Hello?! I much rather avoid all that and avoid risking getting other children sick. But noooo, the principal wants us to risk getting the whole school sick.

 So hubby played the "Well we can keep him home and homeschool him" card. I was like Yippy! Honestly that is what got my attention to the conversation. I was washing the dishes and not listening until I hear the word homeschool. Hubby hasn't been very on board with homeschooling Matt, mostly because Chantelle enjoyed her elementary years up until 4th grade. Maybe things will go the way I would like them for once instead of me always doing what my hubby feels is right even though I don't. (Does that make me selfish?)

Oh, and Matt was at school today.