WHY in the world did his parents not say that? I mentioned that possibility a WAY long time ago, kind of ruling it out - saying something along the line of surely if he was suspended for excessive tardies they would have said that immediately. Really? They felt like they had to keep it a secret that he was suspended for "excessive tardies"? And REALLY, the school district would do that? Ours doesn't. You don't get off going to school just because you're constantly late. You get INschool suspension for that, so you don't miss out academically and so the school doesn't lose out on your state funding for being in class.