She Doesn’t Even Go Here!
My family moved to the south after I graduated high school, so my brother had two years left and they do block scheduling for classes.
All that means is some days he’d get out of school earlier than when we normally had at our old HS. I go to pick him up from school—it’s a three hour bus ride or 15 minute drive if I pick him up—one day about 1 pm, and I’m waiting out in my car in the pickup area kinda near the doors.
Here comes the truancy officer. He says: “Excuse me, miss, but school isn’t out yet, you should be in class.” I reply, “I graduated high school already.
I’m here picking up my younger brother, he gets out around 1:15-1:30 pm…” He says: “I’ve seen you here before, you need to be in class.
What’s your name?” I show him my out of state ID.
He goes, “I know that last name, you DO go here! Come inside to the office.” I say, “Well obviously my brother and I would have the same last name, we’re siblings…” I go in because 1) I don’t want to keep having this issue every time I pick him up, 2) I do need to collect my brother, as we both have to go to work.
We make our way to the office, where the truancy officer tells them to look up my name.
The office lady says: “We don’t have a student by that name, we do have another student with same last name.” The officer replies, “That’s her then, she just gave me the wrong name on purpose.” The office lady tells him, “The other student is male, sir.
She doesn’t go here.” I chime in: “That would be my brother, could you page him for me?”
The truancy officer argues, “No, I’ve seen her here before, she goes to school here.” The office lady says: “Sir, she doesn’t go here; we have no record of any student with her name.
Leave her be.” My brother arrives to the office, looking confused. He says: “Hey sis, you ready to go?” The truancy officer still doesn’t get it.
He says: “See? She does go here! Why would she know students if she doesn’t?”
My brother replies: “My sister is here to pick me up from school, she isn’t in the system because She. Is. Not. A. Student.” Truancy officer: “But I see her every day outsi-“ My brother turns to the office lady and asks if we are okay to dip out; she says yes, so we skedaddle.
As we’re leaving we can hear the office lady trying to explain to the truancy officer that all current students are in the system and that if he brings in one more random person that he “sees outside everyday” claiming they’re a student, she’s gonna file a complaint on him.
My brother tells me, “I’ve only been going here for a month and I already know that guy is a moron.”