PS> MS>    I attended two private schools, one excellent and one very 
PS> mediocre.
PS>  An
PS> MS>never saw any substantial problem with parents writing absence 
PS> excuses 
PS> witho
PS> MS>merit at either.
PS> MS>    But in public schools I attended, the problem flourished.
PS>  
PS> I am curious as to how a student was able to monitor this happening?
PS> How does a student know if the written statements of his or her
PS> classmates' parents are true or false throughout an entire school?
    I was friends with the attendance secretary and was helping the assistant 
principal she worked for at the time.
    The attendance secretary daily put out an "attendance bulletin" listing 
absences (and excuses) by homeroom.  You'd see some kids who came in with a 
different excuse every day and missed half the days...never for a 
see-a-doctor level excuse.
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