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Grade acceleration is easiest to implement through an early start to school by either entering pre-kindergarten a year early or skipping pre-kindergarten into kindergarten directly. [2] By starting the child ahead, many of the problems associated with grade skipping, such as leaving friends behind or knowledge gaps, are avoided.
In many countries, truancy is criminalized by law as either a criminal or a civil offense, and authorities can prosecute truant students (under the age of 18), their parents, or both. Some countries, like Canada or Australia , reserve fines for truant minors and allow for their detainment (but not arrest) while skipping school.
A 17-year-old Kansas student is set to graduate from his high school and a prestigious Ivy League college within 11 days.
A student aged 15 can work during school holidays, with parental permission. Between 16 and 18 a minor can work during the school year too, but only with parental permission. Minors can not work more than 40 hours a week, and they can work only between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., with no night shifts. [17] 0: Iceland
In recent years, additional types of excused absences have been introduced by law.
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A Michigan teacher was set to graduate magna cum laude and give birth 3 days later. ... Szymchack graduated along with more than 400 other students with her 10-day-old daughter cradled in her arms ...
Intermediate school is an uncommon term, and can either be a synonym for middle school (notably as used by the New York City public schools) or for schools that encompass the latter years of elementary education prior to middle school/junior high school, serving grades 3 or 4 through 5 or 6. These can also be called 'upper elementary' schools.