SK> -> As I remember, it was a lot harder to get students & parents at
SK> -> private school to take attendance seriously, which strikes me as 
SK> odd,
SK> -> since one would think they'd be there with bells on, paying for it 
SK> &
SK> -> all.  We had kids taken out for month long vacations or who didn't
SK> -> come back from school holidays for days or weeks.
SK> 
SK> We have a limited amount of that going on at our school. I think Bob
SK> Moylan's response pretty much explains it. They pay the tuition, they
SK> figure they're in charge.
    I attended two private schools, one excellent and one very mediocre.  And 
I never saw any substantial problem with parents writing absence excuses 
without merit at either.
    But in public schools I attended, the problem flourished.
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