Now a parent can't take their own child out of school when they deem it necessary. A half hour is not a truancy problem. If I need to pick my child up a half hour early I don't owe the school any explanation. This is a case of laziness on the part of the school administration they don't bother trying to have common sense, they set up idiot rules and tell everyone they must live by them or else.
I can't tell you how many times my kids in the 5th grade turn to me concerning a rule at school and say "that is a dumb rule"! You can tell no one thought through the rule, I have to say "I know but just do it" I don't even try to defend the rule because I disagree with the rule. The kids see these idiot administrators for what they are, that could be why the kids lack respect for many of them.
And if the parents are of the same mindset as the administrators, the children will have just as much "respect" for them also. This is yet another article I will share with my kids, so we can all mock the idiotic system together. This nonsense provides excellent opportunities to teach critical thinking skills and to highlight the difference between respecting lawful authority and accepting forced servitude from lawless interlopers.
Zero-tolerance is the worldview of a tyrant.