On Tuesday R. was up early and out of the house for Nutrition and Exercise (gym followed by breakfast), only to learn that her teacher was sick so she came back home. Half the students stayed with the other teacher and on Thursday the groups were switched. No substitute teacher was hired and no parents were called.
Today R. came home one and one-half hours early because theater class was cancelled. No substitute, no explanation.
Last December R.'s teacher announced the class was going on a field trip and wouldn't be back until several hours after the normal dismissal time. Later in the week she surprised me by coming home early, which I later learned was to make up for keeping them late for the field trip.
What I have learned is that the schedule is constantly in flux, but since the Danish parents are ALL working and child care (or an after school club for the middle grades) has been provided by the government, the schedule doesn't matter. When A. gets out early for one reason or another, he just goes to the after school program early. That facility is closed only ten days a year (soon to be 18, over many people's objections), so parents do not need to worry about the schedule. It seems that teens hang out at home, at someone else's house, or around town.
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