So you’re sitting at home totally freaking out about the Swine flu. One of the first things you want to do is protect your family, right? One way would be to keep your children out of the Petri dish that’s called school. But if you live in Montgomery Alabama, you’re out of luck. Even though you’re freaked out about the odds of one of your kids becoming victim of a pandemic, you still have to send them to school.
A mom and dad of two boys pleaded with a court judge to let them keep up with there school work from home rather than going to school each day, all because of the swine flu scare. The parents had asked that their 7 and 8 year-old son be excused until the end of the school year, which is May 21st. What was the judges verdict? He said no.
An attorney for the school said that allowing this would "create chaos…if the Blevins were allowed to do this, then why not let every parent take their children out of school?" The judge did give the family a couple of options like home schooling or enrolling them in private school, but otherwise they could face charges of violating truancy laws.
In a situation like this, where there is fear of a scary illness, do you think parents should have the option to keep their kids out of school?
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