What do you mean about a 504 absence? An absence for a meeting or to be pulled by the school. With a 504 accommodations have to be explicit. And yes a teacher can deduct participation points for behavioral issues BUT they shouldn't deduct ALL the points.
One piece of advice.. Take a deep breath. While it's much better if your son doesn't fail Art. This is 6th grade. What happens if he fails art? In the long run. Will it keep him from being in this program next year?
504 absence meaning an absence related to his disabling condition. We tell the attendance secretary it is 504 and he gets two extra days to turn in work instead of one.
Then this teacher should be accepting the late work and not marking it down. Sounds like you need to get a 504 meeting together with this teacher. My son has an even more vague writing in his 504 that he is allowed to turn in certain types of assignment late if he's had a anxiety attack over it.
What I don't understand is why the accommodation is to tell the attendance teacher. In my school all students get the amount of days they were absent to turn in missing work. as long as it's an excused absence. But since this is special case I would expect you should contact the teacher as well. Does the attendance person actually pass on this information to the teacher or just check it off in a book? And yes in 6th grade YOU should email the teacher, not expect the student to tell them.
Yes, there is a possibility he will not be able to return to this program if he fails art. Actually if he does not earn a C. That's the policy--I don't know how seriously they adhere to it.
Then you need to talk with the principal ASAP.
