Sopmore missed a month of school. Can I trust the school to get her up to speed?

My daughter has been out of school for the past month.   While out of school she did do some work but couldn't do too much.  She is heading back part- time next week.   How good is the school at helping a kid get back on track without overloading them? If you've had trouble with them, what outside sources did you use?

IIRC, by law the district is required to provide home schooling to anyone who is out more than two weeks.

What grade?  I would schedule a meeting to talk to the principal or assistant principal, and follow ups.

Edited to add that I see you said Sophomore in your title.  Sorry I missed that.

This is a 10th grader apparently.  My kid had a concussion just before Thanksgiving during senior year and was out a number of weeks followed by part time attendance.  We put a 504 plan in place with the help of her neurologist and things worked pretty well.  She had some home instruction but not all that she was entitled to.  But she got extra time on assignments going forward and managed to take her AP exams as scheduled.

Take what they'll give you, and I hope it's enough, but if you can afford a tutor or two, get them as well. And good luck to your kid.

Bottom line: get the director of guidance involved ASAP so that you all have a detailed plan of what the expectations will be on all sides going forward.  And your kid will benefit from spending extra time after school and during study halls with the teachers whose subjects are most challenging at this point.  

Tom_Reingold said:

Take what they'll give you, and I hope it's enough, but if you can afford a tutor or two, get them as well. And good luck to your kid.

I respectfully disagree in that the school probably has a lot of responsibility here to assist this student. Does the child have a medical condition? If so, she/he probably should have been receiving home instruction (although she would have needed a doctor's note stating the diagnosis and requestion home instruction. If there is a documented  health condition, whether physical or mental health related, the school is responsible for making the accommodations that the student needs. As someone else suggested, set up a meeting with at least the head of guidance as the student returns and work out a plan. A month is a very long absence. You can't possibly expect the student to return to school and be brought up to date by simply meeting with teachers after/before school.

(I should qualify my suggestions by letting you know that I do not have a child at CHS and I'm not familiar with how they handle things. I am a school professional though and have worked with many students in similar situations.)

Good luck and hope the transition goes well.

This.  You don't say why your daughter was out of school for a month but if it is something like a medical issue, then the school is responsible for providing home instruction.  As others have said, work with your daughter's guidance counselor if you haven't already so that they can put a plan in place with her teachers to get your daughter caught up.  I'm a HS teacher in another district.  To give you an idea, I have worked with students in similar situations to complete more important assignments with extended deadlines and exempted them from other assignments so they are not completely overwhelmed with making up work for all of their classes.  Tests and other assessments can definitely be modified.   

ETA:  If you have the time, as a teacher I have also really appreciated email updates from parents in these situations because it can help me better help their child. 

Good luck!

cubby said:

Tom_Reingold said:

Take what they'll give you, and I hope it's enough, but if you can afford a tutor or two, get them as well. And good luck to your kid.

I respectfully disagree in that the school probably has a lot of responsibility here to assist this student. Does the child have a medical condition? If so, she/he probably should have been receiving home instruction (although she would have needed a doctor's note stating the diagnosis and requestion home instruction. If there is a documented  health condition, whether physical or mental health related, the school is responsible for making the accommodations that the student needs. As someone else suggested, set up a meeting with at least the head of guidance as the student returns and work out a plan. A month is a very long absence. You can't possibly expect the student to return to school and be brought up to date by simply meeting with teachers after/before school.

(I should qualify my suggestions by letting you know that I do not have a child at CHS and I'm not familiar with how they handle things. I am a school professional though and have worked with many students in similar situations.)

Good luck and hope the transition goes well.

Sure, the school should do it. It's up to the parents to make the school does it. And let's all hope the school does it. You have to hold their feet to the fire. No guarantees. If they do it, great.