Derby Public Schools - Unified School District 260 — Local services in Derby

UPDATE: Due to all your support and understanding I would like to update you all. The principal has called me today and her and the superintendent has discussed the situation. After looking over this and seeing all the support I've gotten from all of you wonderful people, they have changed there policy going forward and reinstated my daughter's ability to attend running club! This is all thanks to you guys! Without you this would not have been possible. I want to personal thank everyone who has posted and reacted! You have changed an injustice to all children going forward!! Thank you again!

Do you think it's okay to punish a child who misses school with a doctor's note? Wineteer elementary does. I was unaware that when I signed the sheet to enroll my daughter in running club that when it said two absences meant even if she had a Drs note. Since she has missed running club twice due to medical reasons she was kicked out. My daughter called me crying after school telling me she didn't want to go to school anymore. The -no exceptions- policy in place not only teaches children to hide/lie about symptoms as to not have something they love doing taken away. It puts children in a detrimental situation of believing later on in life that if they are sick they should hide it. This will probably get deleted. I just wanted you all to know what the school your child is...

They make us do IXL 30 minutes every night honestly, this district is just been going downhill since a couple years ago. I’ve been going to this district for 11 years and I have never seen it this bad where they do IXL for 30 minutes at night. I have autism and I cannot remember to do stuff and now I have to do it for an hour fix your freaking district. And the teacher say that the District is making them say school board for this IXL stuff. I hope that somebody from the administrative center will read this and actually quit this IXL is making me lose my mind whenever I have eight hours to go to school and can’t even get it done there and also, I should have time to spend with family not doing IXL for a gosh...

the “Fall Party” is held on October 31st with costumes, as it coincides with Halloween, a tradition with pagan roots, and may be inappropriate for many families.

I respectfully request that, if the autumn season is to be celebrated: • It take place at the start of the season, not on October 31st. • The activities focus purely on autumn, without costumes related to Halloween.

This will allow all students to enjoy the season in an educational way that respects the values of...